The James Bond franchise's less-than-progressive portrayals of women, who are often relegated to the role of love interests and femme fatales, have for years led a faction of fans to clamour for a woman (or really, anyone who is not a white man) to take over the part.
And now, two James Bonds are saying it's time for a casting shake-up. In separate interviews at two film festivals this weekend, Pierce Brosnan and Daniel Craig endorsed the idea of a woman taking the helm of the storied spy franchise.
Today's reigning Bond, Craig, told Variety in an interview this weekend that "of course" the iconic spy could be played by a woman in the future. Craig made his remarks while promoting the Agatha Christie-esque murder mystery Knives Out at the Toronto International Film Festival, and jokingly endorsed his co-star Jamie Lee Curtis for the role.
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Across the Atlantic at the Deauville American Film Festival in France, former 007 Pierce Brosnan wholeheartedly endorsed the idea of a woman playing Bond to the Hollywood Reporter.