Phoebe Waller-Bridge says ‘Bond is Bond’ and does not favour female lead

Phoebe Waller-Bridge has said she would not be in favour of a female Bond, suggesting the famous spy needs a rival instead.

The actress spoke about the future of the James Bond franchise from the red carpet at the world premiere of the long-awaited No Time To Die film, which will mark Daniel Craig’s last stint as 007.

What did Waller-Bridge say?

The acclaimed creator of Fleabag was drafted in to work on the No Time To Die script and worked closely with Bond producer Barbara Broccoli and director Cary Joji Fukunaga.

Explaining her role in No Time To Die, she said: “They asked me to come on board to add to the plot they were already working on.

“There was already a script, they had some things they wanted to go in a different direction with, they wanted the character work to be even deeper and look into more nuance in the characters.

“It was really an overall look at the whole script with them, to be able to work with Cary, who was also writing on it while he was in deeper prep with other things.