A GB News debate got heated today as the editor of 007 magazine Graham Rye argued that James Bond "should be" cast as a straight white man.
This comes after there has been reports that British actor Aaron Taylor-Johnson has been offered the iconic role. The Kick-Ass and Marvel films actor has been "formally offered the job" as the 007 spy, formerly played by Daniel Craig.
Author Nichi Hodgson said: "I think we're crying out for something more diverse, original and unique.
"I think we have this perception that everybody wants to see a straight white man doing straight white man things on film, and it is nothing of the sort. People's fantasies are very wide-ranging, even if they won't admit to wanting to watch things like that, as we know from porn viewing habits.
"I think it is time to take a bigger risk also because money is in the bank already for the Bond franchise. Creatively, it must be very dull to work on something where you're just trotting out the same character and in a very kind of uniform way, year on year."
Rye blasts this as "utterly stupid" He then argued: "He was a fictional character. He is a fictional character.
"Bond is portrayed in the films more or less the same as Ian Fleming's writing. And that's all that needs to be done. Cinema isn't interested in all that.Will they accept it? Change something?
"If something's not broken, then they don't need to fix it. Right? To fix it in that way, when it doesn't need fixing, it could be a box office disaster."
