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Cuban and Spanish actress Ana de Armas recently played the “Bond girl” named Paloma in the recent James Bond film “No Time to Die.”
She was previously nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical and won the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Now she’s speaking out about reports that the next James Bond franchise could go “woke” and consist of a “non-binary” Bond.
This means the famous 007 character would not consider themselves either male or female.
Armas says there’s no reason for there to be a “female Bond” and there’s no need to “steal someone else’s character.”
The 34-year-old actress explained, “There’s no need for a female Bond. There shouldn’t be any need to steal someone else’s character, you know, to take over.”
“This is a novel, and it leads into this James Bond world and this fantasy of that universe where he’s at,” she added.
“What I would like is that the female roles in the Bond films, even though Bond will continue to be a man, are brought to life in a different way,” de Armas added. “That they’re given a more substantial part and recognition. That’s what I think is more interesting than flipping things.”
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De Armas played a new version of a “Bond girl” as the mysterious CIA agent Paloma across from Daniel Craig in 2021’s “No Time to Die.” The movie was Craig’s final outing as 007 after playing Bond in “Casino Royale,” “Quantum of Solace,” “Skyfall,” and “Spectre.”
During an interview in 2019, the producer and overseer of the Bond franchise, Barbara Broccoli, admitted that a future 007 could be “non-binary.” Broccoli discussed the replacement of Craig on the “Girls On Film” podcast. It comes at the 13:35 minute mark.
“I think we should be making more films about women and create female characters,” the producer explained. “So, I think Bond will be a man.”
When the podcast host, Anna Smith, pressed further if the next Bond could be “non-binary, perhaps, maybe one day?” Broccoli replied, “Who knows? I mean, I think it’s open. We just have to find the right actor.”
