Although Pierce Brosnan hung up his bow tie and golden gun in 2002, he would be up for a return in Denis Villeneuve's James Bond film 'in a heartbeat.'

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.