James Bond should be a man, says Dame Helen Mirren

Getty ImagesDame Helen Mirren has stated James Bond must be performed by a person, although she is “such a feminist”.In a brand new interview with Saga Journal, the Oscar-winning actor stated “you’ll be able to’t have a girl. It simply would not work. James Bond must be James Bond, in any other case it turns into one thing else”. Amazon MGM Studios will produce the subsequent iteration of the spy franchise, with Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight set to put in writing what’s going to grow to be the twenty sixth movie within the collection.The Studios beforehand stated they have been planning a “contemporary” tackle franchise however would honour the “legacy” of the “iconic character”.The 80-year-old is at the moment starring reverse former James Bond actor Pierce Brosnan within the a lot anticipated movie adaption of The Thursday Homicide Membership, during which she performs a retired spy.Brosnan, 72, additionally advised the journal that he believed a male actor ought to proceed to play Bond and he was excited to “see a complete new exuberance and life for this character.” He starred in 4 Bond movies throughout his tenure as 007, beginning with GoldenEye in 1995 and ending with Die One other Day, which was launched in 2002. Mirren has beforehand been quoted saying that the idea of James Bond was “born out of profound sexism”, and that ladies have at all times been an “extremely vital half” of the Secret Service. Mirren and Brosnan will not be the primary to push again on the thought of Bond being performed by a girl, with the sentiment echoed by Brosnan’s Die One other Day costar, Halle Berry. “In 2025, it is good to say, ‘Oh, she must be a girl.’ However, I do not actually know if I feel that is the correct factor to do,” she stated, talking at Cannes Movie Competition in Could.The James Bond franchise was owned by the Broccoli household for greater than 60 years, however producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson bought artistic management to Amazon for a reported $1bn (£760m) earlier this 12 months. Hypothesis about who will subsequent play the titular character has been rife, with British actors Aaron Taylor-Johnson and James Norton rumoured as frontrunners for the half.There isn’t a present launch date set for the subsequent movie.