Overview

Lashana Lynch 007 Casting refers to a viral rumor that actress Lashana Lynch will replace James Bond as the new agent 007 in the upcoming 25th James Bond film.

Background

On July 13th, 2019, The Daily Mail^[1] published an article reporting that Lynch would replace James Bond as agent 007 in the upcoming Bond film. The article contained a quote from a "movie insider," who describes the scene where Lynch is revealed as the character (shown below).

"There is a pivotal scene at the start of the film where M says ‘Come in 007’, and in walks Lashana who is black, beautiful and a woman. It’s a popcorn-dropping moment. Bond is still Bond but he’s been replaced as 007 by this stunning woman."

Developments

Online Reactions

On July 14th, /r/moviescirclejerk^[2] user IngobernableACE submitted a screenshot of a Reddit comment about the rumor, stating "If this happens I will vote Trump in 2020 – and right now I support Bernie." The comment was widely mocked in the post, which gathered upwards of 2,600 points (99% upvoted) and 200 comments within 24 hours. That day, Twitter user @ambermruffin tweeted a news story about the casting, along with the message "I think people are going to be ok with this" (shown below). The following day, a screenshot of the tweet was posted to /r/BlackPeopleTwitter,^[3] where it gathered upwards of 1,600 points (93% upvoted) and 220 comments.

Also on July 14th, Redditor Latitudiozies submitted a post to /r/KotakuInAction^[4] asking "why do posts about the new 007 movie keep getting deleted?" to which a moderator replied, "they're pushing the false narrative that 'James Bond is now black and female'." The following day, The Daily Dot^[5] published an article titled "Is Lashana Lynch really playing 007 in the new Bond movie?", which expressed skepticism that Lynch's character was actually taking over as 007.

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