Former James Bond star Pierce Brosnan has seemingly backtracked on his calls for the next 007 to be played by a woman.

The Irish actor, 72, was famously the fifth actor to play Bond, starring in four films from 1995 to 2002 before Daniel Craig’s reign began in 2006’s Casino Royale.

Since Craig bowed out in 2021’s No Time to Die, speculation has been rife over which A-lister will step into the fictional secret agent’s shiny shoes, with Aaron Taylor-Johnson currently the front-runner.

However, many have suggested a change in sex for the role, calling for women to not only be side characters as the beautiful Bond Girls but to take the helm as the main Secret Service character.

Previously, Brosnan threw his support behind the proposed changes, exclaiming to The Hollywood Reporter in 2019:

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