There will never be a female OO7, says producer Barbara
London: 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.
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 James Bond is a man. He is really. Why not make a kick- ass female agent in her own right?" she had said.
Last month, in a first, US filmmaker Cary Joji Fukunaga will direct the next James Bond movie, set for worldwide release on February 14, 2020, the franchise's producers said Thursday after British director Danny Boyle quit the project last month.
Fukunaga, who had not been tipped for the role, will become the first American to direct a movie in the storied spy franchise, which began life on the big screen in 1963.
"We are delighted to be working with Cary. His versatility and innovation make him an excellent choice for our next James Bond adventure," Michael G. Wilson, Barbara Broccoli and Daniel Craig announced on Twitter.
Further, the specualtions are rife that after Daniel Craig, Idris Elba might play the iconic James Bond character, becoming the first black to do so. Barbara Broccoli, the producer behind the films, told her friend director Antoine Fuqua she felt that a black actor in the famous role “will happen eventually”. Fuqua said, “Idris could do it if he was really tight and in shape. He doesn't look 45. No one would even know.”