The British actress spoke alongside her 'The Thursday Murder Club' co-star Pierce Brosnan - famed for his stint as 007 - who concurred: "I wish them well. I'm excited for the next man to come on the stage.

Dame Helen Mirren has said James Bond should be played by a man, even though she is "such a feminist". In a new interview with Saga Magazine, the Oscar-winning actor said "you can't have a woman. It just doesn't work. James Bond has to be James Bond, otherwise it becomes something else".