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.

Brosnan played 007 in four films. Pierce Brosnan, who's portrayed Bond — James Bond — in four films has something to say about Helen Mirren's harsh words for the franchise. And he's on her side. "Yes,

Helen Mirren says she is opposed to a female James Bond, believing the character was sexist toward women and true stories of female spies should be told instead.