As James Bond prepares for his 25th big-screen outing, talk has again turned to the idea of a female 007.
However, with Judi Dench providing a brilliant gender-switch as MI6’s M, could a female Bond also work as well?
With Charlize Theron as a superb lead, Leitch’s movie again sparked debate about a female Bond.
First published in Ian Flemming’s Casino Royale in 1952, James Bond was stereotypically a martini-swilling womanizer who slept his way through many a dangerous mission.