MobLand features a who’s who of heavy hitters from the big and small screen. Tom Hardy plays criminal “fixer” Harry Da Souza, Pierce Brosnan is his boss, powerful crime lord Conrad Harrigan, and none other than Dame Helen Mirren stars as terrifying matriarch Maeve Harrigan.

Guy Ritchie and the creator of 'The Day of the Jackal' turn their lens on a London crime family in "MobLand" starring Helen Mirren and Pierxe Brosnan.

As Amazon MGM readies a new reboot of the James Bond franchise, Helen Mirren admits that she “never liked” the British spy series because of “the way women were” presented in it. While the prospect of having a female actor take on the 007 moniker has been bounced around in Hollywood for several years,

Celebrated British actress Helen Mirren has said that James Bond should never be played by a woman, as the spy franchise is “born out of profound sexism”.  Mirren also admitted that she “never liked” the 007 series because of the way women were presented in it.