Helen Mirren made a case for why she doesn’t think a woman should play James Bond.

“I’m such a feminist. But you can’t have a woman,” the actress, 80, said in a joint interview with her The Thursday Murder Club costar Pierce Brosnan for Saga Magazine published on Monday, August 18. “It just doesn’t work.

Mirren continued: “James Bond has to be James Bond, otherwise it becomes something else.”

Brosnan, who played the iconic spy character from 1995 to 2002, shared that he was looking forward to seeing what the next actor taking on the role brings to the beloved franchise.

Helen Mirren Slams 'James Bond' Movies Over ‘Profound Sexism’

“I wish them well. I’m so excited to see the next man come on the stage and to see a whole new exuberance and life for this character,” the actor, 72, told

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