Diddy wants to be the next James Bond so much that its rumored that he dropped $750,000 on making his 007 audition tape.

Oh bother.

“I know in [MI6] they have some black agents,” Diddy said at New York’s London Hotel, where he was promoting his I Am King men’s fragrance. “I know there’s some black people that can save the world. White people aren’t the only people that can save the world. My variation, I would come from the New York agency. I would actually be working with James Bond. And he would get kidnapped, and I would have to come get him and save the day. It’s a natural thing. It’s organic. I think it would be a tragedy for the next James Bond not to be black, and I think the next Superman should be black. We are like the coolest creatures on the face of the Earth.” [source]

True, we are pretty cool but I’m not sold on the idea of Diddy as the first Brother Bond.

James Bond has a shit load of interesting gadgets and can do all types of cool shit, no? Sean probably struggles Elvin Tibideaux style in opening jars of pickles. What would be Diddy’s “thing,” smoothing out Kim Porter’s perm with one of Janice’s vintage rattail combs from The Dollar Tree?

I’m thinking more like Bokeem Woodbine, Duwanna Cole, or even the negroid from that Everest411 commercial for the groundbreaking role. I would’ve added Sidney Poitier’s name on the list but something tells me he hasn’t been on a pair of jet skis in a minute. Who would you like to see as the first African American James Bond character?