Gillian Anderson Loves The Idea Of Being Cast As JANE Bond, 007

Whether Daniel Craig is actually following through on his threat to not come back for Bond 25 seems to be a matter of strong debate recently. First he definitely wasn't, but then the BBC threw a spanner into the works by saying nothing was confirmed, despite rumours that Tom Hiddleston had met with Barbara Broccoli and Sam Mendes in secret for Bond discussions.

It seems unlikely, given that Craig said he'd rather commit bloody, traumatic suicide than play 007 again (why would the producers want that sort of thing hanging over the film?), but stranger things have happened.

Meanwhile the Internet is inevitably racing to work out who the next Bond will be if he does exit. Names like Idris Elba, Tom Hardy and Hiddleston have figured a lot, but one fan took time out to fan cast Gillian Anderson, and it seems she paid attention.

The X-Files actor responded to a poster casting her as the new Bond positively too, which will no doubt delight anyone whose testicles shrink immediately at the mere suggestion of a lady 007.

Clearly, most of the time fan-casting doesn't lead to actual casting (though Bryan Singer did confirm Olivia Munn was at least partly cast as Psylocke in X-Men: Apocalypse thanks to a fan edit poster), but it's nice to know she got a kick out of it.

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