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- Lashana Lynch is a 6/1 Chance with betting sites to be named the Next James Bond
- 50% of women polled said a female James Bond was 'Unacceptable'
- Lynch has already played 007 in No Time to Die in Bonds absence.
Whilst Lashana Lynch remains a 6/1 chance with bookmakers in the Betting on the Next James Bond Actor, there is still a 53% faction of polled Bond fans who think a Female Bond is an unacceptable choice according to a recent YouGov poll.
- Not Acceptable - 53%
- Acceptable - 31%
- Don't Know - 16%
Source: YouGov
The results are quite close, however, and it would seem the younger generations are more open to the idea that the mature audiences, with 42% of 18-24year-olds saying it was acceptable compared to just 21% of 65-year-olds and over, suggesting a more liberal outlook of youngsters.
Transferring those results to odds, we have betting odds on the Next James Bond being Male or Female
Female James Bond Acceptance in Betting Odds
|
|
Odds | Probability |
|---|---|---|
| Yes | 2.7 | 37% |
| No | 1.6 | 63% |
OLBG Index Odds based on Poll Results
Men vs Women
The debate has only recently come to light after a suggestion that there should be an opening for the Next James Bond to be played by a female actor, and despite the current 007 Daniel Craig recently stating that it should never happen.
What is interesting in the results is that both men and women polled seem to agree, when it might have been expected that the results might have been skewed a little more.
|
|
Male | Female |
|---|---|---|
| Not Acceptable | 57% | 50% |
| Acceptable | 28% | 34% |
| Don't Know | 15% | 17% |
Source: YouGov
Lashana Lynch is already 007 though!
Lahana Lynch's character Nomi, has already been assigned the 007 moniker in the new movie, but of course, that is just the assignment of a number, not the James Bond character.
When Lashana Lynch was questioned on who should be the next James Bond, intimating she might want the role, she responded,
“They’re actually giving the audience what they want to give the audience. With Bond, it could be a man or woman. They could be white, black, Asian, mixed race. They could be young or old. At the end of the day, even if a two-year-old was playing Bond, everyone would flock to the cinema to see what this two-year-old’s gonna do, no?”
She might have a point, but it doesn't stop the speculation ahead of the release of No Tie to Die in cinemas this week after multiple delays thanks to COVID restrictions and the fact that she is given the 007 title in the newBond movie
Next James Bond Betting
| Next Bond | Odds | Probability |
|---|---|---|
| Tom Hardy | 6/4 | 40% |
| Rene Jean Page | 2/1 | 33% |
| Luke Evans | 11/4 | 27% |
| James Norton | 3/1 | 25% |
| Sam Heughan | 9/2 | 18% |
| Tom Hiddleston | 9/2 | 18% |
| Michael Fassbender | 5/1 | 17% |
| Jack Lowden | 5/1 | 17% |
| Richard Madden | 5/1 | 17% |
| Lashana Lynch | 6/1 | 14% |
**Probability percentage figures include bookmakers overround - odds correct at 27/9/2021
