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Author Anthony Horowitz has waded in on the casting of James Bond after Daniel Craig exits the franchise, saying he does not think bookies\' favourite Idris Elba is right for the part, though he insists “it’s not a colour issue”.

"For me, Idris Elba is a bit too rough to play the part. It\'s not a colour issue. I think he is probably a bit too "street" for Bond. Is it a question of being suave? Yeah,” he told The Daily Mail.

Horowitz, who is currently writing the next James Bond novel ‘Trigger Mortis’ (side note: how Alan Partridge is that title) also revealed that he disliked Sam Mendes’ widely-acclaimed

Voices: Idris Elba shouldn\'t play Bond, but not because he\'s \'too street\' - it\'s beneath him

made Bond seem “weak” (though many saw this as a good thing narrative-wise).

Anthony Horowitz holding his OBE medal at Buckingham Palace (Picture: Getty)

is my least favourite. I know it is heresy to say so, but it is the one Bond film I have never liked,” he said.

"Secondly, the villain wins. The villain sets out to kill M. The film finishes with the villain killing M. So why have I watched it?

"And if you have to protect the head of MI6 from a madman, do you take her to a Scottish farmhouse with no weapons? And tell your bad guy where you are, so he will arrive with six people to kill her? … It\'s that sort of thing that made me angry."

will begin 007’s origin story, and hits cinemas on 6 November, 2015.

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