@slimfern posted:
And to put some out of their misery:
British bookies like Ladbrokes have Lashanna Lynch at 5/1 to be the next Bond. William Hill recently offered excellent odds of 11/2 for a female James Bond in the next movie, with Vigil star Suranne Jones (9/1) and Lashanna Lynch (10/1) leading the way. That may all quickly change after Broccoli's latest comments.Broccoli said: "James Bond is a male character.
"I hope that there will be many, many films made with women, for women, by women, about women. I don't think we have to take a male character and have a woman portray him. So yes, I see him as male."
Phew!
I'm curious as to how the bookies are going to handle bets on Lashanna Lynch: what exactly do they mean by "the next Bond"?
Do they mean "the next actor to play the role of James Bond", or do they mean the next actor to lead the franchise? Even without Broccoli's comments, Lynch clearly isn't going to play "James Bond": her character in the franchise is called "Nomi". However , she is the next "007": not "will be", but - as I understand it - actually is as of the new movie premiered tonight. Between "Spectre" and "No Time to Die", Bond's retired/gone into exile, and Nomi has replaced him as the new 007 agent.
So: if Lynch is going to front a new series of films as Nomi/007, (something that would not contradict Broccoli's comments 
), will the bookies pay out? And if they do, what then happens if another series of films starring a male actor as "James Bond" is then announced to run concurrently? 