So long Daniel Craig... The new James Bond is a woman
After years of incessant rumours, the news has finally dropped... We now know the identity of the actor playing the next James Bond.
The likes of Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Tom Holland, Harris Dickinson, Scott Rose-Marsh and Callum Turner were rumoured to be in contention for the next superspy, and recent reports suggested that 28-year-old Australian actor Jacob Elordi was the current favourite to play 007.
Now, Euronews Culture can officially end all speculation by revealing that the identity of the new James Bond is... Irish actress and singer Jessie Buckley.
You read correctly: James Bond will be played by a woman for the first time, in the wake of Lashana Lynch briefly taking over the 007 mantle in Daniel Craig’s Bond swansong, 2021’s No Time To Die.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/news/so-long-daniel-craig-the-identity-of-the-new-james-bond-has-been-revealed/ar-AA1ZSPI6
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There are only a few examples of a classically male character role being assumed by a female portrayer that have succeeded. If it were the role of a generic character, a pilot, astronaut, President, military leader, or any other, I would be optimistic. But James Bond has appeared on screens as a male character for how many decades--not to mention cemented in consciousness for those who read the books?
I certainly wish her luck, but I cannot imagine wanting to take that role. Perhaps I will be surprised. Sometimes men assuming a classically female role have surprisingly worked, so who knows? 
her shoes?
