James Bond is perhaps the greatest spy ever on screen, but let's not kid ourselves that he's always the brightest tool in the box.

Helen Mirren thinks there should be more movies about real women who have operated as Secret Service agents, instead of adding a female James Bond to that particular cinematic universe.

Instead, she suggested we should be telling real stories about women in espionage. ‘The whole concept of James Bond is drenched and born out of profound sexism,’ she told the outlet.

she added, “The whole series of James Bond, it was not my thing. It really wasn’t. I never liked James Bond. I never liked the way women were in James Bond.” ...

An Oscar winner doesn’t approve of how women are depicted in James Bond, so she’s unlikely to join the franchise.

The "1923" star, 79, voiced objections to the idea of there being a female James Bond in an interview with The Standard, calling instead for more films about real women from the world of espionage.

Acclaimed British actress Helen Mirren has criticised the James Bond franchise for the way in which it portrays women, saying “the whole concept” of the movies is “drenched and born out of ...

As Amazon MGM readies a new reboot of the James Bond franchise, Helen Mirren admits that she “never liked” the British spy series because of “the way women were” presented in it.