Lashana Lynch has not been approached about a return to the James Bond franchise.
The actress played the role of Nomi – a character assigned the 007 code name after Bond retired from the secret service — in the 2021 movie No Time To Die and has been suggested as a possible successor to Daniel Craig as the spy although she insists that she only signed up for one movie and questioned whether fans would want a female in the famous part.
“Do you think people really want that? Do you think people are ready for that? I signed up for one movie. I did one, I literally don’t know anything about the next one. I’ve not had a conversation. So yeah … it’s in their hands. It’s in the franchise’s hands,” Lynch said to “Entertainment Tonight” after being asked asked about her chances of becoming Bond.
Meanwhile, Lynch revealed that she would be willing to perform the next Bond theme after getting the chance to showcase her singing talents in the biopic ‘Bob Marley: One Love, in which she stars as the reggae icon’s wife Rita Marley.
“Oh my gosh — could you let them know! I can write a tune or two and do that. Yeah, yeah, sure. I’d be down. I’d be down,” she told On Demand Entertainment.
“That’s a great … great idea. That is. Now I’m like, ‘OK, now I must write that down to make sure [Bond producer] Barbara Broccoli knows,” she added.
Lynch previously argued that the Bond franchise will continue to have a huge following, regardless of whether a man or woman plays the character.
“With Bond, it could be a man or woman. They could be White, Back, Asian, mixed race. They could be young or old. At the end of the day, even if a 2-year-old was playing Bond, everyone would flock to the cinema to see what this 2-year-old’s gonna do, no?” the London-born actress said.
