Who will be the next James Bond? After the commitment of Denis Villeneuve (“dune”) behind the camera, and Steven Knight (“Peaky Blinders”) to write the script, the choice of the next 007 is expected by all fans. And Helen Mirren has his opinion on the issue.
Dame Helen Mirren declares herself a feminist but we must not touch all the symbols. In an interview with Saga Magazine, which the BBC relays, the Immortelle Queen Elizabeth II in “The Queen”, a role for which she had obtained an Oscar, sweeps the idea of an agent 007 … “We cannot have a woman to interpret James Bond. It doesn’t work. James Bond must remain James Bond, otherwise it becomes something else, “she said. The rumor of a woman to interpret His Majesty’s famous favorite spy comes from the assertive will of the producers of Amazon MGM Studios to innovate to modernize the franchise after the Daniel Craig era. And if Helen Mirren was questioned on the subject, it was because she had denounced James Bond’s sexism, saying that women had always had an “incredibly important role” within the secret services
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Amazon MGM Studios actively prepares the 26th episode of the saga, with the Canadian Denis Villeneuve for the staging and the experienced Steven Knight for the script. The choice of the actor who will play 007 has not yet been determined, but names insistently circulate. The BBC quotes Aaron Taylor-Johnson (“28 years later”) and James Norton (“Happy Valley”) while the American cinema press advances the names of Jonathan Bailey (“Jurassic World: Renaissance”) and Tom Holland (“Spider-Man”). Verdict at the start of the school year …