Some characters can be gender swapped for an interesting change of character/story. Some, their gender is so tied to how they exist in the world that they cannot be swapped. James Bond is one of them.
Helen Mirren, recently, made a great point about it. Mirren is promoting the film Thursday Murder Club which also stars Pierce Brosnan, a former Bond actor. When asked about it by Saga, since their new film is also a spy movie, Mirren spoke about the question over whether or not the next James Bond could be played by a woman. “I’m such a feminist, but James Bond has to be a guy,” Mirren said. “You can’t have a woman. It just doesn’t work. James Bond has to be James Bond, otherwise it becomes something else.”
