Helen Mirren sparks debate after insisting James Bond must stay male and Pierce Brosnan agrees, as casting rumors for the next 007 intensify.

Helen Mirren made a case for why she doesn’t think a woman should play James Bond. “I’m such a feminist. But you can’t have a woman,” the actress, 80, said in a joint interview with her The Thursday Murder Club costar Pierce Brosnan for Saga Magazine published on Monday.

Helen Mirren is against casting a woman to play James Bond as speculation swirls around the actors vying to portray the character after Daniel Craig.