It's better for Lashana Lynch to play 007, not *the* Bond—and these are all the reasons why
Since at least 2012, some fans of the James Bond/007 franchise have been calling for Idris Elba to replace Daniel Craig, which would make Elba the first Black Bond. And finally they have their answer: No. But we might be getting something better.
While Lynch’s rumoured casting isn’t necessarily the 007 we asked for, it’s actually better. By casting her in a role that isn’t the iconic and coveted Bond, the powers that be have not only avoided trying to squeeze Lynch into a pre-defined role but have also made room for her—and other female actors who come after—to create her own character and story. Bond is tired. A new, female 007 who can lead the franchise moving forward? That’s inspired.
Criticism aside, without these films, we might not have female-focused original movies like Wonder Woman. As Kimberlee McTaggart, a director and editor and the chair of Women in Film and Television’s Atlantic chapter, told FLARE in June 2018: “In the last few years, there’s been a real appetite for female-driven films, both on-screen and behind the camera, and I think Hollywood wants to do that, and their way of kind of inching their way in is doing the reboots, the remakes, doing it that way.
And from a broader perspective, the casting of a female 007 helps show young women that they can find success in high-level roles. With these clearly defined roles, it’s not hard to believe that fans would be unwilling to accept anything but the norm. Which is why the casting of Lynch as 007 works perfectly.
All the power to women like Halle Berry, Eva Green and Diana Rigg, who all played seminal Bond leading ladies, but that’s not what we want for Lynch. Her casting as 007 is a groundbreaking moment, not a surf-emerging one. But, frankly, we wouldn’t put it past the Hollywood bigwigs to indulge the fervour and desire for a Black Bond by casting Lynch and then completely subvert her character to become another sexualized sidekick who dies at the end.
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