With Daniel Craig hanging up his spy gear after the release of No Time to Die, one question has been whirling round everyone’s mind.
Who will replace Daniel Craig as 007? Of course, that question brings with it a whole host of other questions, namely: Will the legendary spy be a man? A woman? A black actor? A white actor?
While we still don’t have the answers to any of those questions, longtime James Bond producer Barbara Broccoli has given us some insight into the future casting, saying 007 ‘can be of any colour, but he is male’.
Broccoli and fellow Bond producer Michael G. Wilson told Variety the search for the next Bond is yet to begin as their priorities remain focused on finishing No Time to Die – despite rumours that actors like Idris Elba and Richard Madden are being lined up to take over as 007.
And while it’s currently unclear who will fill Bond’s shoes, one thing the producers do know for sure is the next 007 will not be a woman.
Broccoli explained:
He can be of any colour, but he is male. 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.
Wilson backed up her comments about having a person of colour play Bond, saying: ‘You think of him as being from Britain or the Commonwealth, but Britain is a very diverse place.
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Broccoli has long said Bond should not be a woman, having previously told The Guardian: ‘Bond is male. He’s a male character. He was written as a male and I think he’ll probably stay as a male.’
She continued:
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.
No Time to Die is set to hit cinemas on April 8.
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