Helen Mirren “never liked the way women were” in the “James Bond” franchise

Helen Mirren Pelle on the speech on the casting of the next James Bond. The award-winning actress of the Oscars, who co-stars with Pierce Brosnan in the Paramount + series Moblandrevealed why she does not support a woman playing the role of 007 while speaking of the “deep sexism” of the franchise.

During an interview The standardThe conversation turned to the James Bond franchise, which was bought by Amazon MGM Studios in February. Mirren has family ties to the series, while her late Cousin Tania Mallet played Bond Girl Tilly Masterson, and she Mobland The Co-Star Brosnan played the British secret agent between 1995 and 2002. While the actress stressed that she is a “massive fan” in Brosnan, as well as the former “very charming” actor Daniel Craig, she was not a big fan of the franchise.

“The whole series of James Bond was not my thing,” she told the publication. “It was really not the case. I never liked James Bond. I never liked the way women were in James Bond. ” The queen The actress also explained why she was against an actress playing the emblematic role, rather pleading for representations of real female spies.

“The whole concept of James Bond is soaked and born of deep sexism,” said Mirren. “Women have always been a major and incredibly important part of the secret services, they have always been. And very courageous. If you hear what women have done in French resistance, they are incredibly, incredibly courageous. So I would tell real stories about extraordinary women who have worked in this world. ”

Mirren also talked about her own experiences with sexism in the film industry when she was younger, looking back an interview from 1975 with Sir Michael Parkinson where he was asked if the size of her breasts prevented her from being taken seriously as an actress.

The star admitted that the commentary bored her at the time, sharing: “I felt like I was carrying this thing on the back. That he was a little attached to me. It didn’t mean anything, as far as I’m concerned, but it was attached to me, and I couldn’t escape it. ”

Mirren continued: “But I also realized that you only have to live with the cards you were treated. I have welcomed it, and you must have a sense of humor on this subject.”