Actress Ana de Armas called for more original female-led action films and rejected the modern trend of gender-swapping male-driven action franchises.
Speaking with Variety at CinemaCon to promote her John Wick spinoff movie Ballerina, Ana de Armas said that male action icons should still be cast as men, allowing women to chart their own course.
“Let James be James and John Wick be John Wick. We’ll do our thing,” the former Bond girl (No Time to Die) said. “When you get a woman fighting, you’ll be surprised the things she can pull off.”
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The actress said that the James Bond universe may open up now that Amazon MGM has taken creative control of the franchise from longtime producers Barbara Broccoli and Robert Wilson.
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