Ngo-2006, umlingisi wadlala indima yelinye lamantombazane abaluleke kakhulu futhi angcono kakhulu amantombazane eJames Bond - vesper lind. Kusukela lapho, isithombe sikaJames Bond kusuka kwifilimu esemafuphi afaka uDaniel Craig, kodwa abadali sebevele befuna umngcele omusha, ongowesifazane, angaba ngowesifazane. Engxoxweni yakamuva neVanity Fair Green, luhlaza kwaveza umbono wakhe mayelana nethuba elinjalo: "Ngingowabesifazane, kodwa ngicabanga ukuthi isibopho kufanele sihlale siyindoda, ngaphandle kwalokho akunangqondo. Abesifazane bangadlala abalingiswa abahlukile, baqoqa amabutho futhi babe ngama-superheroids, kepha isibopho seJames kufanele ngaso sonke isikhathi sibe yindoda, futhi singabi yibhondi kaJane. Ngemuva kwaleli qhawe yindaba okufanele iqhubeke.
Ngaleso sikhathi, esizeni saseJames Bond, abanye bafuna ukungaboni abesifazane kuphela kuphela. Ngonyaka odlule, umlingisi uDominic West kusuka ochungechungeni lwe-TV "Ukungcola" kuhlongozwa ukunikeza indima ye-ejenti 007 Soldier kanye "ebuthweni lempi, kunama-transsebul amaningi." Noma ngabe yiziphi iziphakamiso ezifikile kubadali, isinqumo sokugcina soMkhiqizi weFranchise Barbara Broccoli, kwathi kuze kube manje babona "isibopho 25", esizokhishwa ngo-Ephreli 8, 2020.