Lashana Lynch will play the first Black female 007 in the James Bond movie “No Time to Die,” Harper’s Bazaar confirmed in a new profile of the actress.
While the confirmation is new, news of Lynch’s role leaked last year, leading to a backlash from people online who weren’t ready for a Black woman as a secret agent.
“For a week, she deleted her social-media apps, meditated and saw no one but family, while comforting herself with the knowledge that the aggressive comments were ultimately not personal,” Yrsa Daley-Ward wrote of Lynch.
“I am one Black woman — if it were another Black woman cast in the role, it would have been the same conversation, she would have got the same attacks, the same abuse,” Lynch said. “I just have to remind myself that the conversation is happening and that I’m a part of something that will be very, very revolutionary.”