Producer shoots down Lady 007

James Bond is a male character, insists Barbara Broccoli

London, Oct. 7: Producer Barbara Broccoli has ruled out the possibility of a female James Bond.

The producer said instead of giving a gender switch to iconic characters, there should be more such parts written for women. “Bond is male. He’s a male character. He was written as a male and I think he’ll probably stay as a male,” Broccoli told The Guardian.

“And that's fine. We don't have to turn male characters into women. Let’s just create more female characters and make the story fit those female characters,” she added.

“Look at the way the world has changed... and I think particularly with the Daniel [Craig] films, they’ve become much more current in terms of the way women are viewed.”

Earlier this year, actor Rosamund Pike, who featured in the 2002 Bond film Die Another Day, had offered a similar opinion about the famed British spy. “I think the character of Bond is a man. He is really. Why not make a kick-ass female agent in her own right?” she said.

— Agencies

Producer of James Bond series says male characters need not trun into women. “Let’s just create more female characters and make the story fit those female characters,” she said.

With Craig films, the Bond characters have become much more current in terms of the way women are viewed, and that is in tune with the way the world has changed, according to her.