‘James Bond’ Producer Says The Character Should Never Be Played By a Woman
Ouch! This is a hard pill to swallow.
James Bond producer Barbara Broccoli recently revealed that she doesn’t care what race the titular character may be… but she doesn’t think it should be played by a woman.
“He can be of any color, but he is male,” she told Variety. “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.”
Barbara oversees the franchise with her half-brother Michael G. Wilson.
Their father was producer Albert “Cubby” Broccoli. After 2002’s Die Another Day, the brother-sister duo felt they “needed a more realistic Bond” and ultimately decided to cast Daniel Craig, who has played James Bond for four films and is set to reprise his role in 2020’s No Time to Die.
“He brought flesh and blood to the character,” she explained. “Bond in the novel is a silhouette. Daniel has given him depth and an inner life. We were looking for a 21st-century hero, and that’s what he delivered. He bleeds; he cries; he’s very contemporary.”
Oy vey… so does this mean we have to kiss our dreams of seeing Jane Bond goodbye?