Gemma Arterton has some ideas on the concept of a feminine James Bond.
The British actor, who famously starred reverse Daniel Craig in 2008’s “Quantum of Solace” as ill-fated Bond woman Strawberry Fields, doesn’t assume a feminine 007 would work.
“Isn’t a female James Bond like Mary Poppins being played by a man?” Arterton advised U.Ok.’s The Occasions in an article printed Tuesday. “They talk about it, but I think people would find it too outrageous. Sometimes you just have to respect the tradition.”
Custom has actually stood agency amid the yearslong discourse surrounding a feminine Bond, as even franchise producer Barbara Broccoli — who has been in command of casting the coveted position since 1995 — revealed throughout Craig’s tenure that it’ll “probably” by no means occur.
“He was written as a male and I think he’ll probably stay as a male,” Broccoli advised The Guardian in 2018. “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.”
Craig espoused the very same view forward of his ultimate Bond outing, “No Time to Die,” and advised Radio Occasions journal that there ought to merely be “better parts for women and actors of color” when requested if he’d help “a more diverse” actor to switch him.
The franchise appeared to dip its toes into each territories when rumors emerged in 2019 that Lashana Lynch was going to take the reins, just for her character in “No Time to Die” to be revealed as simply one other 007-coded agent — however not fairly Bond.
Fan campaigns for Idris Elba, in the meantime, had been ruined by racist backlash.
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Whereas former Bond star Pierce Brosnan beforehand endorsed the concept of a feminine 007, telling The Hollywood Reporter in 2019 that “we’ve watched the guys do it for the last 40 years,” he not too long ago lobbied for “Oppenheimer” star Cillian Murphy to take the position.
Arterton mentioned Tuesday that she doesn’t remorse her Bond woman previous — though she has beforehand criticized “Quantum” for making her character so open to Bond’s sexual advances — however continues to be “perplexed” at how typically it comes up regardless of solely being within the movie “for five minutes.”
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In 2020, the actor revealed her purpose for taking the job.
“I was poor as a church mouse and I was happy just to be able to work and earn a living,” Arterton advised The Solar. “I still get criticism for accepting ‘Quantum of Solace,’ but I was 21, I had a student loan, and you, know, it was a Bond film.”
