Rachel Weisz has expressed that she doesn't think a woman should be cast in the role of James Bond and that the emphasis should be on creating new stories revolving around women.
Following the release of latest Bond film Spectre, a question mark surrounded whether Daniel Craig - Weisz's husband - would return to the role of the spy in a future outing as many deemed it time for the reins to be handed to a female actor.
Weisz spoke out against this idea in an interview with The Telegraph stressing the importance of creating roles specifically for women instead.
“[Fleming] devoted an awful lot of time to writing this particular character, who is particularly male and relates in a particular way to women,“ she said. "Why not create your own story rather than jumping on to the shoulders and being compared to all those other male predecessors? Women are really fascinating and interesting and should get their own stories.”
Craig is confirmed to return for one more Bond adventure despite the departure of Skyfall and Spectre director Sam Mendes. Filmmakers reportedly in the running to take over include Dunkirk Oscar-nominee Christopher Nolan, David Mackenzie (Hell or High Water) and Yann Demange ('71).
Despite no official confirmation, Christoph Waltz and Dave Bautista are both expected to return as villains while Naomie Harris (Miss Moneypenny), Ben Whishaw (Q) and Rory Kinnear are all set to return while producer Barbara Broccoli is said to be “determined” to bring back Adele to record another Bond theme following her Oscar-winning lead track for Skyfall.
Reports suggest that Bond could be headed to Croatia for a film - expected to be released November 2019 - based on the 2001 novel Never Dream of Dying by Raymond Benson, the author being Tomorrow Never Dies, The World is Not Enough and Die Another Day.
The women who could play 007
20 show all The women who could play 007
1/20 Carey Mulligan 2015 Slaven Vlasic
2/20 Emily Blunt 2016 Getty Images
3/20 Felicity Jones 2014 Getty Images
4/20 Gemma Arterton 2014 David M. Benett
6/20 Gugu Mbatha-Raw 2014 Gabriel Olsen
9/20 Kate Beckinsale 2010 Getty Images
10/20 Kate Winslet 2015 Getty Images
11/20 Keeley Hawes 2014 Danny Martindale
14/20 Olivia Colman 2015 Getty Images
19/20 Thandie Newton 2015 Jon Kopaloff
20/20 Vicky McClure 2015 Getty Images
Weisz currently stars in biographical drama The Mercy alongside Colin Firth which is one of the last films to be scored by the late German composer Jóhann Jóhannsson.
Beaulax on February 12nd, 2018 at 15:10 UTC »
Totally Spies anyone? Anyone at all?
twistedlimb on February 12nd, 2018 at 14:04 UTC »
What about an origin story for M? She ends up in charge of a bunch of agents, and she probably started in the OSS. Sounds like it could be cool- or at least a more interesting pitch than, "james bond, but with a chick!"
PhallaciousPhallus on February 12nd, 2018 at 12:58 UTC »
I kind of agree. It is just lazy writing to do a genderswap instead of developing a unique character with their own unique role. It is less an issue with comics and ;that kind of thing, since it is easy to explore lots of things without having to dump in a lot of resources, but with TV and movies, it generally just results in a worse product that if they created a unique character (even if based off of an existent one) and built her up as such.