Jenna Ortega Says Women ‘Should Have Our Own Franchises’ and Not Just Spinoffs: ‘I Don’t Want Jamie Bond. I Want to See Another Badass’
variety.comZack Sharf Digital News Director Jenna Ortega is calling for more female-led franchises over female-led spinoffs. During a recent video interview with MTV while on the publicity tour for “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,” Ortega was asked if she might consider an offer from director Tim Burton to revive “Edward Scissorhands” as the gender-flipped Edith Scissorhands, but Ortega would rather just get to lead a franchise as an original character instead. “I love that there’s a lot more female leads nowadays, I think that’s so special.
But we should have our own,” Ortega 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.” Ortega won’t have to worry about the James Bond franchise switching genders as longtime franchise producer Barbara Broccoli has always said 007 will remain a man.
A new actor will be replacing Daniel Craig as Bond on the big screen following the actor’s exit after 2021’s “No Time to Die.” “I think [the next James Bond] will be a man because I don’t think a woman should play James Bond,” Broccoli told The Hollywood Reporter in 2021. “I believe in making characters for women and not just having women play men’s roles.
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