Should there be a female James Bond or not?

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No. I have no problem with making a movie about a woman who is a spy/government agent. But create a new character, give her a good story and don’t just make James Bond a female. That would be silly.
 
For some reason, I don’t think that will be a reality…

The name is right there, James Bond.

With Ghostbusters and Oceans 8 (which is more of a spin-off, really), it’s easier to change the cast and pretend that it’s normal.

I don’t like the Bond movies. I prefer the Mission Impossible franchise (maybe because the action is better) and there were strong female characters in it. So yeah, it’s possible to have women in these movies who are not sex objects for the lonely male audience, lol.

I like the idea of a spin off where we see another 00 agent better.
 
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I like the idea of a spin off where we see another 00 agent better.
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Honestly, that seems more likely anyway. Why supplant the lead in a lucrative franchise when you can spin it off into another one? Then it can build up to a joint film with both agents. Shared universes are all the rage nowadays.
 
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And you don’t think James Bond is a turn off to many women for the same reason? Do you, as a man, not find his many sexual partners a turn off?
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Hello @Irishmom2 - I was not implying the same isn’t the case for women.

My point is that most people who go to see James Bond movies are men. A female James Bond is going to attract less men to the film, which will still be the target audience.
 
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Precisely. I doubt most women would like it if we got a Jamie Bond instead of another strong female lead too.
 
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As I mentioned to a previous poster, I was not implying that women would not be turned off from his sexual antics. But rather the men are the target audience of Bond (and other spy) films. By creating a true, female “Jane Bond” they would be shrinking their target audience.
 
Maybe a spin-off where James Bond finds out that he has a daughter, who is also a spy.

She can be 008.

Her mom could be Mary Goodnight or Vesper Lynd.

(Why do Bond girls have peculiar names?)
 
James Bond treats women as tissue paper. Used and then discarded.

I hope this character gets consigned to the garbage and lost forever from popular consciousness.
 
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Why would you not just cast mila kunis then? She speaks fluent Russian. Even ripped into the Russian media at a press event.
 
James Bond cannot be played by a woman because he is a specific character. Despite the fan theory, James Bond is not a code name.

We see his parents’ tombstones with “Bond” on them. We know he was married, to a woman, who is mentioned in multiple Bond films across the different actors.

I mean, people think that these are remakes, and they kinda are, but there are certain things, tied up with male-ness, that have continuity across the films.
 
I’m thinking along the lines of Diana Rigg’s character in the old Avengers TV show - but can’t think of any modern actress who could do it.
 
I can’t think of any modern actresses who I would like to play the role (or role of a different agent).
I must be old fashioned because my sister and I are two women that do like James Bond movies-particularly with Sean Connery and Roger Moore-we were probably influenced because my dad likes watching Bond🙂

I do wish though that the James Bond character wasn’t a “player”.

For some reason,most of the modern female action characters/films like Wonderwoman don’t particularly appeal to me.
 
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