Lea Seydoux isn’t here to gratify James Bond’s sexuality. The “No Time to Die” star is on the May cover of Harper’s Bazaar, and in the issue she discusses her character in the film, Bond’s status as a sex symbol, the #MeToo movement, and more.
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It’s not clichéd. She’s a real woman, and an interesting woman. That’s what we needed,” she says, adding of female characters in modern “Bond” films, “We are not here to please Bond’s sexuality.” Of course, the women in Bond films aren’t the only people who have been sexualized. “I think what we forget is that James Bond is also a sexual object.