10 Women Who Should Be The Next James Bond

9. Hayley Atwell

Who has played the greatest secret agent in either film or TV in the past 5 years? Don't even try to think about that one because the answer is Hayley Atwell. Ergo; Hayley Atwell should be the next Bond.

From being the best thing about the first Captain America film, to propping up an absolutely brilliant period-action series, Atwell has been imperious as Marvel's Agent Carter. Her ability to blend the sharp-tongue required for the show's dialogue with the kitschy campness of its historical setting - and look so natural in the all-too-human-for-the-MCU action sequences - is something precious few actors could have achieved. Regardless of gender.

On top of that, if there's a better three box checklist for a James Bond film that "sharp dialogue, action scenes, and overall campness" I'm yet to hear it. All Agent Carter is lacking as a Bond audition tape is a car with rocket launchers and a sex scene that's slightly too forward.

She's already from England, and her proper voice is so posh that you could serve cream tea off it. Plus (Plus!) for her role in The First Avenger the studio put her under the tutelage of Simon Waterson, the man responsible for giving a certain Daniel Craig his military training ahead of his Bond role.