Ana de Armas says there ought to be extra movies like her forthcoming bare-knuckle motion venture “Ballerina,” quite than tinkering with gender-swapping legacy characters like James Bond.

De Armas is on the bottom at CinemaCon, selling her “John Wick” spinoff from Lionsgate, the place she caught up with Selection about discourse prompted this week by actor Helen Mirren.

The dame and display screen legend not too long ago informed the UK’s Guardian that she “by no means preferred the best way girls have been in James Bond,” and that the idea across the billion-dollar spy franchise “is drenched and born out of profound sexism.”

De Armas made a triumphant debut within the 2021 Bond movie “No Time to Die,” the place her character Paloma was praised for breaking with Bond Woman custom. The character not solely obtained the film’s largest laughs, she held her personal in gun and hand fight alongside Daniel Craig, saving his Tom Ford-suited ass of their scenes collectively.

“Why don’t we have now extra motion pictures about Paloma? Let James be James and John Wick be John Wick. We’ll do our factor,” de Armas stated throughout an look at The John Wick Expertise, a multi-room immersive pop-up, the place followers can verify into the infamous Continental Lodge featured within the Keanu Reeves movies. “Once you get a lady preventing, you’ll be stunned the issues she will be able to pull off.”

The Oscar nominee additionally famous that the Bond storytelling universe can open to new tales now that its longtime producers have handed the keys to Amazon MGM.

“I’m certain that Barbara Broccoli and Robert Wilson made one of the best resolution for James Bond. No matter occurs, that may go anyplace [creatively],” she stated of future narratives from the world of Ian Fleming’s spy novels.

At Lionsgate’s Monday presentation for the annual conference of movie show house owners, de Armas proved that “Ballerina” is an exemplary blueprint for the form of female-led motion fare she desires to see within the market.

As Eve Maccaro, a dancer turned murderer avenging her father’s loss of life, de Armas cuts a gritty (and fairly glamorous) determine taking blows to the face and axes (practically) to the dome. The star informed Selection that her preparation and taking pictures schedule have been relentless, and that trainers prioritized calorie biking and restoration.

“Once you’re coaching at this stage, all the things is necessary — eating regimen, sleep, massages, physiotherapy. Should you don’t get good restoration, you’re screwed. The depth is so demanding,” she stated.

“Ballerina,” which costar Reeves, Lance Reddick, Ian McShane and Anjelica Huston, opens June 6 nationwide.