Brian Cox Compares James Bond To Shakespeare, Defends Character From Being Canceled

The misogynistic James Bond character has faced years of scrutiny over whether he has a place in polite society as is. Efforts to make James Bond more PC are nothing new, and surely, Brian Cox and Henry Bolton know this. Bond was being called a “dinosaur” by a newly female M as early as 1995 when GoldenEye was released. Recently, efforts have been made to convince MGM to cast a person of color in the role of Bond, a woman, or both.

The effort to modernize and diversify Bond has been met with the typical anti-woke pushback. The same corner of the internet that doesn’t think a woman should be good at the Force and doesn’t want a black Doctor Who is typically the same corner of the internet that heavily opposes any changes to James Bond.