Helen Mirren isn’t a fan of the idea of a female James Bond ― for good reason. “The whole series of James Bond, it was not my thing. It really wasn’t,” the Oscar winner said in a new interview with The Standard, published last week. “I never liked James Bond. I never liked the way women were in James Bond,” she said.

"The whole concept of James Bond is drenched and born out of profound sexism," the actress saidHelen Mirren has strong feelings about the James Bond film series.The actress, 79, criticized the spy franchise’s portrayal of women in a recent interview with the U.

Helen Mirren has criticized the James Bond franchise for “profound sexism” while also saying she doesn’t believe the next 007 should be female.