Especially because Ferguson or Mbatha-Raw, as I said above, would be more compelling spy leads than most any name being tossed out there.

I find the subversion angle and the storytelling angle endlessly compelling, and I think both of them would be goddamn great action leads.

If I thought they could get a big-budget spy franchise of their own without the brand of James Bond being attached, I'd be with that too. But since that's wildly unlikely, I'm all for making Bond a female to give these tremendous actresses in their prime the budgets they deserve.