00:00Hello from London. I'm Brandi Victorian, Senior Entertainment Editor at Essence
00:03Magazine, and we are here at the world premiere of 007 No Time to Die. Check out
00:09the stars that we caught up with on the red carpet.
00:21There's a conversation about Bond and which direction it will go. Will it be a
00:25woman? Will it be a person of color? Will it be both? Where do you see it going? Are
00:28you ready to step into those shoes if the author comes to you? I'm not ready to say
00:32bye to Daniel. I'm like, just come out for another one. Just one more, you'll be fine,
00:36or maybe half, and then like introduce the next person into the franchise. Listen, I think that
00:42Barbara Brockley, Michael Wilson, everyone at MGM Universal have done an incredible job in casting
00:48who they have over the years that I personally just think even if a two-year-old were to become
00:53Bond tomorrow, I'd be like, what's that two-year-old going to do? What stunts have they given him?
00:58Catch you. Everyone come to the cinema and see if he or she's got it. Do you know what I mean?
01:03Yes. So I really don't mind it as long as it's the best person in the future.
01:06Nicole and Lashana, she talked about she's not ready for you to leave the franchise. What was it
01:11like for you working with her? Listen, when we cast these films, the only remit is get the best,
01:18and we got Lashana in this. So, you know, it's like, she's just amazing in this film,
01:22and she's wonderful, professional, and we have love.
01:33It's a big conversation, and it's a, you know, whoever I think has chosen is going to disappoint
01:37somebody, which means that I'm just so glad I don't have to make my decision.
01:40Okay, that's fair. I'm really, really excited about it, especially because there's so much
01:45conversation about, um, misogyny attached to James Bond, because it means that it can be part of a
01:52conversation in a bigger way, rather than just erasing the idea of it, rather than doing that.
01:59It's really important to actually keep it discussed in the work, and I think James Bond is a really,
02:04really good place to do that because of his history.
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