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The next James Bond could be black or gay, argues 007 veteran Pierce Brosnan.

"Sure. Why not?" the Irish star was quoted as telling men's magazine Details when asked if he could picture a gay Bond.

Brosnan said he doubted Bond producer Barbara Broccoli would allow a gay Bond to happen in her lifetime.

"But it would certainly make for interesting viewing," he added.

"Let's start with a great black actor being James Bond. Idris Elba certainly has the physicality, the charisma, the presence."

Brosnan played Bond in movies Goldeneye, Tomorrow Never Dies, The World is Not Enough and Die Another Day in the 1990s.

His remarks were published five months after another previous 007 actor, Roger Moore, was blasted on social media for suggesting race should be a factor when casting the next Bond.