As Amazon MGM readies a brand new reboot of the James Bond franchise, Helen Mirren admits that she “by no means favored” the British spy collection due to “the best way ladies have been” introduced in it. Whereas the prospect of getting a feminine actor tackle the 007 moniker has been bounced round in Hollywood for a number of years, Mirren says she isn’t involved in seeing that casting due to the character’s historical past.
“The entire collection of James Bond, it was not my factor. It actually wasn’t. I by no means favored James Bond. I by no means favored the best way ladies have been in James Bond. … The entire idea of James Bond is drenched and born out of profound sexism,” Mirren instructed The Customary in a brand new interview. “Girls have at all times been a significant and extremely essential a part of the Secret Service. They at all times have been. And really courageous. In the event you hear about what ladies did within the French Resistance, they’re amazingly, unbelievably brave. So I might inform actual tales about extraordinary ladies who’ve labored in that world.”
Mirren is presently co-starring alongside a former James Bond within the new Paramount+ crime collection “MobLand,” which stars Tom Hardy as a fixer and options Pierce Brosnan because the husband to Mirren’s gang chief. Whereas the English veteran actress has her personal opinions on the 007 franchise, she had excessive reward for Brosnan talking to The Customary.
“I’m an enormous fan of Pierce Brosnan, I imply huge fan,” Mirren shared. “Clearly, he’s beautiful and every thing. And I believe he’s fabulous in ‘MobLand,’ however he additionally occurs to be one of many nicest individuals you’ll ever have the pleasure to work with. And certainly Daniel Craig, who I’ve met and know somewhat bit. Once more, a really pretty gracious particular person.”
The James Bond franchise goes by way of its personal dramatic adjustments proper now. In February, Amazon MGM reached a deal to take inventive management on the property, with longtime producing stewards Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson ceding oversight to the steaming big.
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