Helen Mirren may play a retired spy in her new film “The Thursday Murder Club,” but the Oscar winner insists that the next James Bond “has to be a guy.”

In a new interview with Saga Magazine (via BBC News ) alongside her “Thursday Murder Club” co-star and former Bond actor Pierce Brosnan, Mirren said her character Elizabeth is a “more realistic” portrayal of a spy.

“So many women have worked in that world. She’s a manifestation of a reality, that’s for sure,” Mirren told Saga, adding: “But not so much fun as Bond!”

Mirren continued: “I’m such a feminist, but James Bond has to be a guy. You can’t have a woman. It just doesn’t work. James Bond has to be James Bond, otherwise it becomes something else.”

Ever since Daniel Craig retired his version of Bond in 2021, rumors have been s

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