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Former “Die Another Day” Bond Girl Halle Berbil Did the iconic character of James Bond ever play a woman.
While serving in the jury for Cannes Film Festival On Tuesday, the 58-year-old actress addressed the constant discussion of the replacement of a fictional spy with a woman in the future franchise.
“I don’t know if 007 really needs to be a woman,” Berry replied. “2025. It’s nice to say, ‘Oh, she should be a woman. “But I don’t really know if I think right.”
Berry previously played the character of Giacint “Jinx” Johnson in “Die another day” in 2002, along with Pierce Brosnan as James Bond.
Halle Berry said she wasn’t sure if she would be a “right thing” to make James Bond a woman. (Photo Daniele Venturelli/Wireimage | Getty Images)
The idea of the James Bond female was a hot button in Hollywood for almost a decade. Berry in 2017 similarly rejected Bond plays a woman In favor of more original characters.
“I want to [women] To be firm, but I don’t know if Bond should be a woman, “Berry said.” I mean, this series is imbued with history, you know, Ian Fleming stories. I don’t think you can change the relationship to your wife. “
“We can create a new Bond character who is a woman and give her a new name, based on that theory, but I don’t know if Bond should be a woman,” she added.
Halle Berry previously starred the character of Jinx in “Die another day” from 2002. (Photo Franziska Circle/Getty Images)
Berry was not the only former Bond Girl to question the idea of directing the sex of James Bond over the years. 2019 Actress “Spy that loved me” Valerie Leon exploded the ideaclaiming that the character was always as successful as a man.
“He’s a fantasy. So many men wanted to be a relationship, and women wanted to be with Bond. How can people imagine a woman about a woman? Men will not go to a woman as a killer or killer,” Leon said.
In 2024. the absurdity of the idea.
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“Isn’t James Bond female like Mary Poppins played by a man?” she noticed. “They talk about it, but I think people would consider it too amazing.”
There were several discussions about whether the woman of the future James Bond should play. (Greg Williams/Eon Productions via Getty Images)
James Bond’s latest reader was played by British actor Daniel Craig in the movie 2021. “No time to die.” Although Amazon MGM Studios is recently made an agreement For the control of creative rights to the character 007, there was no announcement regarding the future franchise.
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