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James Bond Dresses as a Woman for International Women’s Day

Daniel Craig, famous as 007 in James Bond films, dresses as a woman for an International Women’s Day video to illustrate the dramatic and troublesome differences between the way men and women experience the world.

The two-minute short, specially commissioned for International Women’s Day, is directed by acclaimed Nowhere Boy director/conceptual artist Sam Taylor-Wood, scripted by Jane Goldman (Kick Ass) and features the voice of Dame Judi Dench reprising her role as “M”, the film will be screened in cinemas and streamed online in a bid to highlight the levels of inequality that persist between men and women in the UK and worldwide. It is the first film featuring Bond to be directed by a woman.

Director Sam Taylor-Wood said: “Bond is challenged by “M” to think about gender inequality, and I hope that the film encourages viewers to do the same. Despite great advances in women’s rights, statistics show that when it comes to the balance of power between the sexes, equality is far from being a global reality. As ‘M’ reminds Bond, facing up to gender issues and the sometimes covert nature of sexism in the 21st century is something that we all have to recognize, confront and challenge.”

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