Oscar-winning actress hit out at the 007 franchise for degrading women and runs verdict over Daniel Craig and Pierce Brosnan as she reveals incredible boobs grilling she faced
Dame Helen Mirren reckons the James Bond movies are “sexist”.
The Oscar-winning actress hit out at the 007 franchise for degrading women, while insisting the series has starred some of her favourite actors. She said: “The whole concept of James Bond is drenched and born out of profound sexism.
“Women have always been a major and incredibly important part of the Secret Service, they always have been. And very brave. If you hear about what women did in the French Resistance, they’re amazingly, unbelievably courageous.
“So I would tell real stories about extraordinary women who’ve worked in that world.” She added: “I have to say I was never a great ward of James Bond.”
But gushing about her love of former 007 stars, the actress stressed: “I’m a huge fan of Pierce Brosnan – I mean massive fan. I mean, oh my God. And indeed Daniel Craig, who I’ve met and know a little bit. Again, a very lovely gracious person.
“But 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.”
Her blast comes after years of critics and scholars admitting Bond creator Ian Fleming packed his 007 books with racist, sexist and “rapey” language. Helen, 79, also spoke about the sexism she faced at the start of her career.
It included a chat show appearance in 1975 where she was asked by Sir Michael Parkinson about whether her “equipment” prevented her from being taken seriously.
She replied: “Because serious actresses can’t have big bosoms, is that what you mean?” Fleming’s Bond novels were recently edited to avoid offending woke readers.
The cuts and changes included removing racist references such as the n-word.
But the writer’s Casino Royale book still features 007 saying about having sex with ‘Bond girl’ Vesper Lynd: “And now he knew that the conquest of her body, because of the central privacy in her, would have the sweet tang of rape.”
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