Bottom line: If the Bond franchise was doing well the producers wouldn’t have resorted to stunt casting.
I tend to agree.
I have to admit, though, that if the storyline as explained earlier in this thread is accurate, this may be a great movie.
That is, if it’s about giving this woman his number only temporarily and he has to come out of retirement, and gets it back, this is not at all what some here think it is.
OTOH, this may be a transition to the NEXT movie that replaces him with a black woman permanently.