The Search: 10 Black Actors Who Could Replace Idris Elba As Our Collective Man Crush

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Omar Sy

Origins: France (by way of Senegalese parents)

Most Recognizable Roles: Driss in The Intouchables; Bishop in the soon-to-be released X-Men: Days of Future Past.

What Makes Him a good Elba Replacement: Listen, I’m going to be honest here: it is damn hard to find 10 different ways of calling a man, fine. I don’t know how these street harassers do it? Anyway, I don’t speak French; most French films and their unfinished endings annoy me and if it ain’t French toast or French fries, well most French food I’m not checking for. But if it meant getting close to Mr. Sy here, you could call me Peppi Le Pew and sing to me “La Marseillaise.

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