Ex-Bond girl Halle Berry doesn't think making 007 a woman is 'the right thing to do'

Former Die Another Day Bond girl Halle Berry weighed in on whether the iconic James Bond character should ever be played by a woman While serving on the jury for the Cannes Film Festival on Tuesday the -year-old actress addressed the ongoing discussion about replacing the fictional spy with a woman in a future franchise I don't know if really should be a woman Berry responded In it's nice to say 'Oh she should be a woman ' But I don't really know if I think that's the right thing to do Berry previously played the character Giacinta Jinx Johnson in the film Die Another Day alongside Pierce Brosnan as James Bond FORMER 'BOND' GIRL EVA GREEN THINKS THE NEW 'SHOULD REMAIN A MAN' AMID CALLS FOR A FEMALE RECASTINGThe idea of a female James Bond has been a hot-button issue in Hollywood for nearly a decade In Berry similarly dismissed Bond being played by a woman in favor of more original characters I want women to be tough but I don't know if Bond should be a woman Berry noted I mean that series is steeped in history you know Ian Fleming's stories I don't think you can change Bond to a woman We can create a new Bond character that's a woman and give her a new name based on that theory but I don't know if Bond should be a woman she added Berry wasn t the only former Bond girl who questioned the idea of gender-swapping James Bond over the years In The Spy Who Loved Me actress Valerie Leon blasted the idea arguing that the character was invariably accomplished as a man He's a fantasy So multiple men have requested to be Bond and women have yearned to be with Bond How can people fantasize about a woman as Bond Men aren't going to go for a woman as a killer or an assassin Leon reported In British actress Gemma Arterton who starred in s Quantum of Solace revealed Hollywood should respect the tradition of the character and called out the absurdity of the idea CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND PRACTICES Isn t a female James Bond like Mary Poppins being played by a man she remarked They talk about it but I think people would find it too outrageous The majority newest iteration of James Bond was played by British actor Daniel Craig in the film No Time to Die Though Amazon MGM Studios in recent months made a deal to control the creative rights to the character there have been no announcements regarding the future of the franchise CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP