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A few weeks ago, Anthony Horowitz stepped in major dog poop. Horowitz is the current author of the James Bond books – after Ian Fleming’s passing, his estate extended the literary franchise by getting a series of new authors to write the Bond books, and Horowitz is the current author. Anyway, Horowitz was asked about the possibility of casting Idris Elba as James Bond, to which Horowitz sharted out: “I think he is probably a bit too street for Bond. Is it a question of being suave? Yeah.” Horowitz got well-deserved hate online and he ended up apologizing (in a half-assed way). So, that’s the latest context for a new Pierce Brosnan interview, in which the old James Bond was asked about the possibility of Idris in the role. His answer invites some serious parsing.

He may have hung up his licence to kill 10 years ago, but Pierce Brosnan has a few ideas on the future of iconic spy James Bond. The 62-year-old Irish actor, who portrayed Ian Fleming’s secret service star from 1994 to 2005, said he thinks the next thespian to take on the role will be male and white. Pierce declared that the MI5 agent is “all man” and blasted the idea of a female lead filling Daniel Craig’s boots.

“Anything is possible for sure, but I think he’ll be male and he’ll be white,” Pierce said.

The forthcoming blockbuster Spectre is expected to be 47-year-old Daniel’s final outing as the British icon, and after he broke the mould with his blonde locks, there has been much speculation as to whether his successor could be a black star or a female actress.

“There’s wonderful black actors out there who could be James Bond, and there’s no reason why you cannot have a black James Bond,” he told the Press Association. “But a female James Bond, no, I think it has to be male. James Bond is a guy, he’s all male. His name is James, his name is James Bond.”

Pierce also discussed living in Malibu for years, saying: “I’m so Americanised after 30 years of living here. But I miss the British sense of humour. It’s so caustic, witty, funny, biting, severe, sharp, just boletic in its humorous kind of take on life, and the piss take of life. I do miss all of that. I find myself still kind of taking the piss out of something which leaves people rather perplexed here in this town. It’s like I’ve said something terrible, but really you’re just taking the piss out of somebody, because it’s funny. I miss those comedic values here.”

[From Express]

Okay, let’s parse. He’s not saying James Bond can ONLY be white, he’s saying he thinks the next Bond will probably be just another white dude, and if I’m being honest with myself, I agree that the producers will probably just choose another white guy. Brosnan’s also saying pretty explicitly that there’s no reason why a black actor couldn’t play Bond. As for the female thing… I agree that it is highly unlikely that the producers would hire a woman to play Bond, though it wouldn’t be such a bad thing. Angelina Jolie always said that she didn’t want to play a Bond Girl, she wanted to play Bond. Think of Angelina – or a comparable action-oriented actress – in the role. It just got more interesting, didn’t it?

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