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ansible

(1,718 posts)
Sun Jul 14, 2019, 11:33 AM Jul 2019

The Next James Bond Film Is Getting Its First Black & Female 007



The internet may have wanted a Black Bond, or a female Bond, but it looks like we’re getting both. And neither.

Lashana Lynch has been tapped to play the new 007 in the upcoming Bond 25 film, the Independent reports. While Lynch, who recently played Maria Rambeau opposite Brie Larson in Captain Marvel, will reportedly be playing the new agent 007, the character James Bond is still expected to be portrayed by Daniel Craig.

“There is a pivotal scene at the start of the film where M [played by Ralph Fiennes] says, ‘Come in 007,’ and in walks Lashana who is Black, beautiful, and a woman. It’s a popcorn-dropping moment. Bond is still Bond but he’s been replaced as 007 by this stunning woman,” an insider told the Daily Mail.

This means that while Lynch will be taking on the agent number 007, James Bond is still Bond. Bond is expected to be in retirement at the start of the events of the upcoming film, essentially making the coveted agent number 007 open for Lynch’s taking.

https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2019/07/237796/black-female-bond-lashana-lynch-007
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The Next James Bond Film Is Getting Its First Black & Female 007 (Original Post) ansible Jul 2019 OP
Good for her! Although I really wanted to see Idris take the role tulipsandroses Jul 2019 #1
He was never offered the role Trumpocalypse Jul 2019 #12
Oh in that case, I stand corrected. I read somewhere that he didn't want it tulipsandroses Jul 2019 #16
He was mentioned as a possible Bond by an MGM exec Trumpocalypse Jul 2019 #17
Alba IS James Bond. I hope they get him for some kind of Bond role... nt albacore Jul 2019 #25
He may be too old Trumpocalypse Jul 2019 #44
Bond has to get old, too. (I can't believe I spelled his Elba's name wrong). albacore Jul 2019 #47
No Craig is 51 Trumpocalypse Jul 2019 #48
Oh, the fan-boys are NOT going to like that. Aristus Jul 2019 #2
Cue the outrage from the RW racist/misogynists... hlthe2b Jul 2019 #3
You realize her character dies, allowing Bond to retake the position? Doodley Jul 2019 #33
I do now.. well, an interesting premise, I guess. hlthe2b Jul 2019 #34
I have mixed feeling on this. virgogal Jul 2019 #4
I agree. Polly Hennessey Jul 2019 #6
Such a racist statement.. HipChick Jul 2019 #9
Racist? How was that racist? Doodley Jul 2019 #32
Anyone who saw racism in my comment is paranoid. virgogal Jul 2019 #41
First Black? That's about race... HipChick Jul 2019 #45
Race had nothing to do with the discussion. virgogal Jul 2019 #54
Race has everything to do with it, OP has it listed in discussion title... HipChick Jul 2019 #55
Then the OP made it about race,my original virgogal Jul 2019 #56
The original Miss Moneypenny was Canadian Trumpocalypse Jul 2019 #13
I want Miss Moneypenny to be a deeper more secret agent badder than 007. hunter Jul 2019 #21
James Bond is still James Bond ornotna Jul 2019 #7
James Bond is a name. 007 is a position. Blue_Adept Jul 2019 #11
She isn't playing James Bond, she is playing 007 obamanut2012 Jul 2019 #23
Saying you wouldn't want a man playing Wonder Woman would make sense if WW's origination WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2019 #28
True Bond fans bluecollar2 Jul 2019 #5
She's not actually taking the role..just the 007 number.. HipChick Jul 2019 #10
Except the character created by Ian Fleming Trumpocalypse Jul 2019 #15
I guess you hated Captain Marvel, rusty fender Jul 2019 #20
No Trumpocalypse Jul 2019 #42
JFC she isn't playing James Bond, she is 007 obamanut2012 Jul 2019 #24
Jane Bond? Is she the stay-at-home mother of Jimmy Bond Jr? Doodley Jul 2019 #31
I know she's not playing Bond Trumpocalypse Jul 2019 #43
James Bond is the character. 007 is a position in the 00 sector. Doodley Jul 2019 #29
Ian Fleming's Bond was half Scottish and half Swiss Brother Buzz Jul 2019 #36
Actually Fleming gave the character Trumpocalypse Jul 2019 #49
Well, I'm thinking he insisted on Connery after Barry Nelson, a San Francisco native, was cast.... Brother Buzz Jul 2019 #50
Actually Fleming didn't want Connery Trumpocalypse Jul 2019 #51
Let me guess - James Bond got replaced because of sexual misconduct... backscatter712 Jul 2019 #8
Lol nt Trumpocalypse Jul 2019 #14
Thread win! CrispyQ Jul 2019 #35
He can't help it because he's so incorrigible. nt miyazaki Jul 2019 #37
Soon the "men's rights" movement will be calling for a male Wonder Woman Blue Owl Jul 2019 #18
Ummm... someone in this thread already is obamanut2012 Jul 2019 #26
Or a white Shaft. Or maybe a male Dora the Explorer. Doodley Jul 2019 #30
Oh noes!!!!!!!! Blak wimmen with gunz!!!!! edbermac Jul 2019 #19
I was hoping for Gillian Anderson, but Lynch is a great choice! obamanut2012 Jul 2019 #22
Gimmicky but it's fine Loki Liesmith Jul 2019 #27
Quite the allegation, but it's fine LanternWaste Jul 2019 #53
Oh this is going to be fun. You think they lost their s--t about a Mermaid underpants Jul 2019 #38
I hear redneck brains ESPLODING HAB911 Jul 2019 #39
I'd love to see a Gay and male James Bond ismnotwasm Jul 2019 #40
oh my... and the Nazi's are still reeling from having a black Little Mermaid....... Takket Jul 2019 #46
K&R demmiblue Jul 2019 #52

tulipsandroses

(5,094 posts)
1. Good for her! Although I really wanted to see Idris take the role
Sun Jul 14, 2019, 11:37 AM
Jul 2019

He declined. But I am happy to see a woman be 007. I haven't watched a Bond film in years. I might start watching again if the storyline is good.

tulipsandroses

(5,094 posts)
16. Oh in that case, I stand corrected. I read somewhere that he didn't want it
Sun Jul 14, 2019, 12:43 PM
Jul 2019

Didn't know he was never offered.

 

Trumpocalypse

(6,143 posts)
17. He was mentioned as a possible Bond by an MGM exec
Sun Jul 14, 2019, 12:52 PM
Jul 2019

who has since left the studio. But despite that and the fact that EON productions makes and casts the Bond films not MGM, the media ran with the story and repeatedly asked him about it.

albacore

(2,387 posts)
47. Bond has to get old, too. (I can't believe I spelled his Elba's name wrong).
Sun Jul 14, 2019, 04:48 PM
Jul 2019

Craig is 61... Elba is 56...

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Trumpocalypse

(6,143 posts)
48. No Craig is 51
Sun Jul 14, 2019, 05:00 PM
Jul 2019

Born in 1968. Elba will be almost 60 by the time they will be making the next film. Too old to start playing Bond.

Aristus

(66,096 posts)
2. Oh, the fan-boys are NOT going to like that.
Sun Jul 14, 2019, 11:37 AM
Jul 2019

Brace yourselves for a tsunami of "POLITICAL CORRECTNESS GONE MAD!!!"

The fact that Bond is still Bond, and it's only the holder of the Double-Oh number that has changed will not deter the screamers from their appointed duty of never-ending public outrage...

hlthe2b

(101,730 posts)
3. Cue the outrage from the RW racist/misogynists...
Sun Jul 14, 2019, 11:47 AM
Jul 2019


Good on her, but I hope the studio prepares her for what is sure to come.
 

virgogal

(10,178 posts)
4. I have mixed feeling on this.
Sun Jul 14, 2019, 11:49 AM
Jul 2019

I wouldn’t, want a man playing Wonder Woman or Lady MacBeth.James Bond IS a man.

 

virgogal

(10,178 posts)
54. Race had nothing to do with the discussion.
Mon Jul 15, 2019, 01:46 PM
Jul 2019

Her race didn’t even occur to me,her gender did.Not everything is about race.

hunter

(38,264 posts)
21. I want Miss Moneypenny to be a deeper more secret agent badder than 007.
Sun Jul 14, 2019, 01:18 PM
Jul 2019

Someone who will kick ass, rendering entire evil empires to ashes, leaving the bad guys to rot in prison, knowing all their dreams were destroyed and their balls crushed by a Miss Moneypenny, while officially she's away from the office on holiday.

"How was your trip to Argentina and Antarctica Miss Moneypenny? Were you anywhere near those meteor impacts? Good thing they didn't hit any populated areas."

"My trip was wonderful, James."



obamanut2012

(25,911 posts)
23. She isn't playing James Bond, she is playing 007
Sun Jul 14, 2019, 01:32 PM
Jul 2019

Maybe read the article before you comment with mistaken facts.

WhiskeyGrinder

(22,147 posts)
28. Saying you wouldn't want a man playing Wonder Woman would make sense if WW's origination
Sun Jul 14, 2019, 01:44 PM
Jul 2019

didn't stem from specifically wanting to develop a female character as part of a feminist effort to widen the reach of comics. In that case, it makes little sense for her not to be a woman.

When it comes to Lady Macbeth, theaters routinely change the settings, trappings, genders, races and other indicators in Shakespeare. In that example, making Lady Macbeth a man would be radical, but would not fundamentally change the character. On the other hand, it would occlude some of what's important about Lady Macbeth -- the fact that she, a woman, is more ruthless than her husband.

In both of these examples, the fact that the characters are female are important to understanding their motivations and story arcs. James Bond being male isn't. It's interesting to think about what characters could be switched from female to male without losing too much of the character/arc, because many female characters are female precisely because the writers were trying to expand representation.


bluecollar2

(3,622 posts)
5. True Bond fans
Sun Jul 14, 2019, 11:54 AM
Jul 2019

Aren't going to care whether 007 is a female..

In fact 007 has always been the real character...

Smart, suave, sophisticated, deadly and polished.

No reason that role can't be played by a black female...

007 though must be played by someone with an English/British accent...won't work any other way...

obamanut2012

(25,911 posts)
24. JFC she isn't playing James Bond, she is 007
Sun Jul 14, 2019, 01:34 PM
Jul 2019

So many of you "outraged" posters who didn't even read the bloody article.

Also, who the hell cares if she WAS playing Bond? Jane Bond.

 

Trumpocalypse

(6,143 posts)
43. I know she's not playing Bond
Sun Jul 14, 2019, 04:09 PM
Jul 2019

And character of James Bond created by Ian Fleming was a man. A British man.

Brother Buzz

(36,217 posts)
36. Ian Fleming's Bond was half Scottish and half Swiss
Sun Jul 14, 2019, 02:24 PM
Jul 2019

They got it right with that crazy Scottish actor, Sean Connery.

 

Trumpocalypse

(6,143 posts)
49. Actually Fleming gave the character
Sun Jul 14, 2019, 05:07 PM
Jul 2019

a Scottish heritage because he liked how Connery was playing the character.

Brother Buzz

(36,217 posts)
50. Well, I'm thinking he insisted on Connery after Barry Nelson, a San Francisco native, was cast....
Sun Jul 14, 2019, 05:31 PM
Jul 2019

as the first Bond in 1954.

 

Trumpocalypse

(6,143 posts)
51. Actually Fleming didn't want Connery
Sun Jul 14, 2019, 05:54 PM
Jul 2019

at first. It was only after when he saw Connery playing Bond that he grew to love him. When they started making the first film Fleming did have a preferred list of actors that he gave to producers. On that list was Roger Moore.

backscatter712

(26,355 posts)
8. Let me guess - James Bond got replaced because of sexual misconduct...
Sun Jul 14, 2019, 12:28 PM
Jul 2019

This is James Bond we're talking about, there are countless examples.

obamanut2012

(25,911 posts)
22. I was hoping for Gillian Anderson, but Lynch is a great choice!
Sun Jul 14, 2019, 01:31 PM
Jul 2019

She is a great actor, and can do genre roles.

underpants

(182,279 posts)
38. Oh this is going to be fun. You think they lost their s--t about a Mermaid
Sun Jul 14, 2019, 03:30 PM
Jul 2019

This should be an epic meltdown

Takket

(21,425 posts)
46. oh my... and the Nazi's are still reeling from having a black Little Mermaid.......
Sun Jul 14, 2019, 04:39 PM
Jul 2019

they must be beside themselves LOL

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