What Does Former 007 Roger Moore Think of a Female James Bond?

It is hard to imagine that anyone knows the role ofJames Bondbetter thanRoger Moore. More people may think ofSean Conneryas the iconic spy, butRoger Mooreplayed him just as many times, without any breaks between installments. That being the case, he recently got to weigh in on how he felt about the idea of a femaleJames Bondpossibly happening at some point.

The actor was recently interviewed onTalk Radioin the U.K. and was asked about the femaleJames Bondthing. For those who may not be aware, actresses likeX-FilesstarGillian AndersonandTwilightstarKristen Stewarthave expressed interest in taking up the007mantle.Roger Moorewasn’t too big on the idea, but he wasn’t without his reasons. Here is what he had to say.

“You could have a female, a Jane Bond, but it would have nothing to do with James Bond. No, Bond is Bond.”

It isn’t thatRoger Mooreis necessarily being sexist or anything like that, he may have a point.James Bondis a male character with a male perspective and that is what drives the character. It simply wouldn’t be the same thing if you had a woman as 007. Sure, there could be a female-led spy thriller in the same universe following the adventures of a different MI6 agent, but asMooresaid, “Bond is Bond.”

Obviously, there is almost no way that the producers of theBond serieswould cast a woman in the role, asGillian Andersonherself joked that it is not “Jane Bond,” but it is in factJames Bond. Though, there have been plenty of examples over the years of social media campaigns getting the attention of producers, so it is possible that all of the fan attention could put a star likeAndersonon the radar of Sony and MGM, but that doesn’t mean she would get the role of 007. However, Anderson could fit into theworld of Bondas another 00 agent at MI6 or maybe even a villain. This is, of course, major speculation, but it isn’t exactly that hard to imagine.

Roger Moorealso weighed in on who he thinks would make a goodJames BondifDaniel Craigdoes indeed decide to step away from the franchise. His pick wasPoldarkstarAiden Turner, whose name has been bandied about for a little while now for the role.Roger Moore’s endorsement should mean something, as he playedJames Bondfor 12 years from 1973 to 1985, starting withLive and Let Dieand ending withA View to a Kill.

The role ofJames Bondhas been a big question mark ever since the release ofSpectrelast year.Daniel Craiginitially seemed as though he was truly done with the franchise, but recently walked back some of his statements, saying that he would really miss playing 007 and seemingly opening the door for a return. Sony and MGM want him back, so if he wants to do another one (or two), they are going to let him. If not, the door is open for someone likeAiden Turner, or maybe even aGillian Anderson(but probably not) to take up the mantle ofJames Bond, or Jane Bond, if you will.