James Bond producer Barbara Broccoli has some very clear thoughts on whether or not a woman can ever play the iconic spy.
There has been growing chatter over the years that a woman should take over the role once Daniel Craig retires. That’s obviously absurd, and the woman calling the shots agrees. (RELATED: Watch The Trailer For The James Bond Movie ‘No Time To Die’ With Daniel Craig)
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Broccoli told Variety the following in an interview published Wednesday:
He can be of any color, but he is male. I believe we should be creating new characters for women — strong female characters. I’m not particularly interested in taking a male character and having a woman play it. I think women are far more interesting than that.
I couldn’t agree more. I’m all for any male actor who can get the job done playing 007. What I’m not for is having the role shift to being a woman.
It just doesn’t make sense, and it’s absurdly stupid. His name is literally James. He can be black, white, yellow, orange, purple, green or any other color you’d like.
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What James Bond can’t be is a woman. It wouldn’t make any sense. I don’t know why people feel the need to take the legendary series and make it a social experiment.
Why can’t we just leave some things alone? Ian Fleming’s series has been around for decades, and people love it.
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It doesn’t need to change at all. In fact, it should be one of those things protected from dumb experiments, and I’m glad Broccoli agrees that the role can’t be played by a woman.
It’s great to see at least somebody in Hollywood is still full of common sense. Let’s all agree that James Bond will always be a man, let’s all enjoy “No Time to Die,” let’s send off Daniel Craig in style and let’s not ruin 007.
This doesn’t need to be hard.