James Bond is a man and that’s that. So says English actress Dame Helen Mirren. The self-described “feminist” made her assertion as controversy continues over just who will play the titular character in the next edition of the iconic decades-long series.

In an interview with Saga Magazine , the Oscar-winning actress said “you can’t have a woman. It just doesn’t work. James Bond has to be James Bond, otherwise it becomes something else.”

Amazon MGM Studios will produce the next iteration of the spy franchise, with Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight set to write what will become the 26th film in the series, the BBC reports.

The U.S. production…

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