Don’t expect to see Jenna Ortega in Her Majesty’s Secret Service any time soon. The Beetlejuice Beetlejuice actress says that she wants to see women get their own purpose-built action roles, rather than taking over parts previously meant for men.
Case in point: James Bond. “I love that there’s a lot more female leads nowadays,” Ortega told MTV. “I think that’s so special, but we should have our own,” she said. “I don’t like it when it’s like a spinoff — I don’t want to see like ‘Jamie Bond.’ You know?
I want to see another badass.” Gregory Ratoff, who originally purchased and developed the rights to Bond in 1955, once considered a woman for the role, according to Nicholas Shakespeare’s new biography of Bond author Ian Fleming.
Ratoff flirted with the idea of casting soon to be Oscar-winner Susan Hayward as Bond. That is, until he met Sean Connery. The franchise took a step toward an actual female Bond with Lashana Lynch’s Nomi, who takes over as 007 — but not as Bond — in 2021’s No Time To Die.
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