Sony Pictires Have Just Officially Announced Gillian Anderson Will Be The New James Bond

[sp1814]

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/may/24/jane-bond-gillian-anderson-next-007-twitter

Of course not...but this has got me thinking...isn't it about time that we had a female Bond villain?

I don't mean a Rosa Kleb character, but the chief villain. Seems crazy after all this time that Bond hasn't had a female foe.

I know how people feel about a black Bond and a female Dr Who, but surely it'd be okay to have a strong female lead villain?

Tilde Swinton
Angela Bassett
Gillian Anderson
Viola Davis
Cate Blanchett

They could all work.

[mushroom25]

hey SP, did you not rate Grace Jones as either
a) strong or
b) female
??

[Togo]

Or Diane Abbott? As long as Bond blows her up of course.( No, not like Del boys doll)

[mushroom25]

togo you swine - i'll be stuck with that image all day now.... :-(

[sp1814]

mushroom25

She already been in a Bond movie - as May Day in A View to a Kill, so it would be unfair to have her again.

And she was a henchwoman, rather than the main protagonist in that film.

[sunny-dave]

Dawn French ... ?

[Bazile]

sunny dave

Would they have to rename it ' tubby bond '

[anotheoldgit]

Yes Grace Jones is the one, who could be scarier than her?

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/09/24/19/2CAC2F7F00000578-0-image-m-4_1443120760136.jpg

[sunny-dave]

I think she'd make an excellent villain - sitting in a big chair stroking her (ahem) cat ...

[albaqwerty]

the female villain would have to be one that Bond wouldn't bed.

Now, a female Bond and a female villain, well, I daren't comment further.....

[sp1814]

Yes...she would have to be older, but not too old. Actually Meryl might work.

[Old_Geezer]

She'd be too vulnerable to being seduced.
Short film, not feature.

[CrapAtCryptics]

Lena Headley

[jno]

the female villain would have to be one that Bond wouldn't bed

a gay male Bond or a straight female one, then?

[Old_Geezer]

Personally I rate Grace Jones as weird.
Just a personal opinion.

[gness]

Oh, I think Miriam Margolyes could be really scary.......x

[Ken4155]

What about Corrie's Tracy - now there's a scheming, evil, rhymes with itch, if i ever saw one.

[mushroom25]

//a gay male Bond or a straight female one, then? //

a basic character tenet of Bond as created by Fleming is that he's a womaniser. neither a gay bond nor a female bond would be, well, bond, and the whole character of the stories would change. a gay or female secret agent? hey why not. but they wouldn't be bond.

[AB Editor]

Kristin Scott Thomas was pretty good in Only God Forgives (at looking evil)

Warning: rude words!

[viv41]

Alison King (Carla) now that she's left Corrie !

[sp1814]

CrapAtCryptics

I would agree with Lena Headley...if she weren't so beautiful. albaquerty is right about the villain being a woman that bond wouldn't necessarily want to bed.

...and Lena certainly doesn't fit that bill.