Roger Moore’s son, Jaffa Moore, thinks that after Daniel Craig leaves, James Bond shouldn’t be played by a woman because it would “no longer be James Bond.”
James Bond is a well-known figure. The 007 agent has been around since 1953 when British author Ian Fleming wrote a series of books about him.
When he died in 1964, his work was remembered, and it was later turned into the James Bond movie series that we all know and love.
In the first movie, “Dr. No,” the late Sean Connery, played James Bond. He was 007 in seven movies, including From Russia With Love (1963), Goldfinger (1964), and Diamonds Are Forever (1971).
David Niven and George Lazenby were also well-known actors who played the role before Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, and Pierce Brosnan took over the suit.
Then came Daniel Craig, of course. Craig’s first time as Bond was in the remake of Casino Royale. Even though he’s only been in four Bond movies, he’s the one who’s been Bond the longest.
But, sadly for Craig fans, his time as the famous character is over now that Craig has quit the role of James Bond.
Craig’s fifth and last movie as the superstar agent came out in 2021. It was called “No Time to Die.” After several delays, the movie finally came out, and fans were very happy to see Craig play Bond for the last time.
But even though people are sad to see him go, everyone has one question: Who will take his place?
People have been talking for months about who could be the next James Bond, and a lot of them started saying that the next Bond should be a woman.
Also, the actors who have played the 007 agent in the past lacked, one thing and that is diversity.
All of the James Bond actors have been white, and many people want this to change for the next movie.
In an interview, Barbara Broccoli, who is a producer, said:
He can be of any colour, but he is male.
And Roger Moore’s son seems to agree with him completely when it comes to James Bond’s gender.
Jaffa Moore said that he thinks it would “no longer be James Bond” if a woman played the part.
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I mean, she could be 006, 008, or 009…
Bond fans will remember that in No Time to Die, Lashana Lynch was given a codename, which Jaffa Moore thought was confusing.
In the last Bond I think this was the confusion. That she [Lashana’s character Nomi] was 007 and then said, ‘I’ve got to give it back to Bond. It’s his number,
he said.
Jaffa Moore did say, though, that he thought women were more than capable of filling that kind of role, saying:
If you look at Charlize Theron in Atomic Blonde… I mean, women can certainly pull it off and certainly do the fight sequences.
