Lashana Lynch Reacts to the Backlash Over Her Playing Next 007

Lashana Lynch and Ana de Armas, stars of the upcoming Bond film No Time to Die, are on the cover of THR‘s new issue.

Here’s what they had to share with the mag…

Lashana, on the backlash that she would be take on the 007 persona in the movie: “It doesn’t dishearten me. It makes me feel quite sad for some people because their opinions, they’re not even from a mean place — they’re actually from a sad place. It’s not about me. People are reacting to an idea, which has nothing to do with my life.”

Ana, on putting her foot down and not auditioning for only Latina roles: “I said, ‘I don’t want to audition for Maria, Juana and Lola and all these things. I want to audition for the same parts that everybody is auditioning for.’”

Lashana, on messaging haters back every once in a while: “Then they’ve been like, ‘Oh my gosh, thank you so much!’ But it’s an interesting test because it reminds them that they definitely wouldn’t say that to someone’s face.”

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