Pierce Brosnan, who's portrayed Bond — James Bond — in 4 movies has one thing to say about Helen Mirren's harsh phrases for the franchise. And he's on her aspect.

"Sure, there's a sure settlement there," he instructed PEOPLE this week on the New York Metropolis premiere of their new Paramount+ sequence MobLand. "However there's a sure world and room to maneuver throughout the proscenium arch of what [Bond creator and author] Ian Fleming put down. So there's at all times going to be battle."

He acknowledged that "she allow them to have it."

Mirren mentioned she "by no means favored James Bond" and "by no means favored the best way girls had been in James Bond" in a latest interview with the U.Ok.'s The Standard. She additionally mentioned she was in opposition to a feminine 007.

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"The entire idea of James Bond is drenched and born out of profound sexism," The Queen star mentioned. "Ladies have at all times been a serious and extremely necessary a part of the Secret Service; they at all times have been. And really courageous. In the event you hear about what girls did within the French Resistance, they're amazingly, unbelievably brave. So I might inform actual tales about extraordinary girls who've labored in that world."

Brosnan performed the British Secret Service Agent in 4 movies: Golden Eye (1995), Tomorrow Never Dies (1997), The World Is Not Enough (1999), and 2002's Die Another Day.

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After Brosnan, Daniel Craig took on the function. His closing Bond movie, No Time to Die, was launched in 2021.

Although Brosnan and Mirren not too long ago labored collectively, he mentioned he hadn't spoken in regards to the topic along with his costar. Of their new sequence, they play Conrad and Maeve Harrigan, one among two warring crime households in London. New episodes of the sequence, which costars Tom Hardy and Paddy Considine, premiere on Sundays.

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