You can’t have a woman. It just doesn't work," said the actress Mirren previously criticized the Bond franchise in March 2025, stating that she "never liked the way women were" portrayed in it Helen Mirren has strong opinions on James Bond.

Helen Mirren is against casting a woman to play James Bond as speculation swirls around the actors vying to portray the character after Daniel Craig.

Helen Mirren may play a retired spy in "The Thursday Murder Club," but the Oscar winner insists that the new James Bond "has to be a guy."