
The world nearly ended when Hollywood decided to make an all-female remake of Ghostbusters, so we can only imagine the outrage if they made a female James Bond.
Even just talking about it has sparked a debate online, and wouldn’t you know it, Daniel Craig boldly walked his way into the debate.
In a recent interview with Radio Times, the 53-year-old actor who stars as James Bond for the last time in the upcoming film No Time To Die, was asked if he believes an actress should follow in his footsteps.
He responded:
The answer to that is very simple. There should simply be better parts for women and actors of color. Why should a woman play James Bond when there should be a part just as good as James Bond, but for a woman?
Wow. He even included “actors of color” in the mix, which makes you wonder if he also believes James Bond should remain white.
I mean, I understand what he’s saying. We should be creating new characters and movies just in general, but as long as they’re remaking every movie ever made, maybe it would be cool if they remade them with a twist.
There could be some girl out there who has loved the James Bond franchise, and it’d probably mean the world to her to see a female lead the way. Or maybe it wouldn’t. I don’t know.
Craig’s comments seem to echo that of producer Barbara Broccoli, who told Variety…
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.
But with a last name of Broccoli, who can really trust her opinion?