This one’s probably a question with no answer because the boys’ club are vanishingly unlikely to cast a woman to play Bond.
Well in NTTD, the number 007 was assigned to the Lashana Lynch character named Nomi so “James Bond” is probably not a code name. Otherwise 008 would be “Alex Trevelyan”, etc.
Easier to reassign the designation number.
Just want to say that I think they handled the Nomi thing very well in the movie. They were VERY aware of what the audience reaction would be and played into it. They could have pandered a couple different ways and chose not to
Her name could be Jaymes Bond. And there is no reason a girl cannot be called James. Nikita is female in most of the world, except Russia. Carrol is a man’s name, and Carol is a woman’s name. Tony can be a man or a woman. Names only have genders because we assign them that trait. If all the guys you ever knew in your life were called “Sophia”, it would be weird for a girl to take that name. A name is just a name, no matter how weird, unique or cool it is, it’s just a name.
Michael Burnham
Jayne Cobb
Willow Ulfgood
But James Bond is supposed to be a bland forgettable name since Jaymes is an uncommon name for a woman it would be much more rememberable
A name is a name till it becomes female then it never goes back. It’s a weird phenomenon. Names going from male to female seems fine but not the other way. And yes their are some exceptions.
Damned interesting! Where’s the Homer Simpson quote about old guys having all the cool names like Carol and Meredith and Lesley?
Jane S’Bond
In one story I read, all holders of the 007 designation were automatically called Bond, but idr if their first name became James. It definitely included women either way.
Added: I checked and she used Jean Bond while working as 007. I’m guessing that all the female 007’s did that but I’m not sure. That story is pretty nuts tbh.
Once there was a Mrs. Bond…
Anyone who’s seen Casino Royale (2006) knows the codename theory is horseshit. Bond was Bond before he was a 00. Later, when he resigns from MI6, he’s still Bond. It’s his name.
Same with anyone who’s seen GoldenEye. If Bond was a codename, Trevelyan would be too, and he’d have mentioned that he no longer went by that MI6-given moniker.
You’re thinking of Jane Fonda
