Kristen Stewart is Ready for a Female James Bond

Why, when the rest of the entertainment industry is moving along - glacially, in some places - with equality and inclusion, does a successful franchise like James Bond insist on remaining in the white male-centric stone age of cinema?

During a recent interview with E! News for her new film, Equals, the subject of James Bond came up with Kristen Stewart and costar Nicholas Hoult. "I think I'm a bit too young to be honest," said Hoult about his ever-present name on the shortlist of Bond successors. "He's like 30s or 40s."

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"Yeah, but that's getting a little stale," said Stewart. After Hoult voiced his support for Idris Elba to inherit the 007 tux, the subject turned to the arguments against a black or female Bond. Stewart wants to pull a "bait and switch" with moviegoers, where the trailer and material leading up to the release of a Bond film paints it in the traditional, white, masculine light, but at release you find out that the girl is Bond and the man is his "Bond girl."

We'll start brainstorming our dream cast and get back to you.