It comes following concerns that the franchise will not be British anymore in the wake of Amazon MGM Studios taking creative control over the 007 character.

Pierce Brosnan has weighed in on the continuous whispers about the rumored new James Bond — saying the next 007 actor simply must be British. Brosnan, who helmed the iconic 007 role from 1995 until 2002,

In a recent interview with The Sunday Telegraph, former James Bond star Pierce Brosnan said that it was a ‘given’ that the next 007 should not be American in Bond 26. And in a new poll of 1,498 people on Yahoo,