Helen Mirren Says "You Can't Have A Woman" As James Bond: "It Just Doesn't Work"

Helen Mirren supports women, but she doesn’t think a woman should portray James Bond as the search for the next 007 agent is underway.

In a new interview while promoting Thursday Murder Club, in which she co-stars alongside former James Bond star Pierce Brosnan, Mirren said a woman as James Bond wouldn’t work.

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

Deadline recently reported that Steven Knight would pen the script for the next James Bond film at Amazon MGM Studios, which Denis Villeneuve will direct .

Mirren’s Thursday Murder Club co-star, Brosnan, also weighed in on the 007 film, telling the same publication, “