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Earlier this year Young Bond novel writer Charlier Higson published his first official adult 007 adventure.<\/p>\n
Set during King Charles III\u2019s Coronation, On His Majesty\u2019s Secret Service follows a James Bond who disapproves of anti-immigration talk and drinks kombucha.<\/p>\n
Recently the author has been engaging on social media with 007 fans who think modern Bond is \u201cwoke\u201d and a far cry from Ian Fleming\u2019s original character.<\/p>\n
Responding to them, Higson wrote: \u201cI believe a contemporary 35-year-old is likely to be more \u2018woke\u2019 than one from 1952. I didn\u2019t want him to be Jacob Rees-Mogg with a gun.\u201d<\/p>\n
Amusingly Sir Jacob himself retweeted this quote and simply commented: \u201cWhat a pity.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Asked about how Bond voted in the 2016 Brexit referendum, Higson replied: \u201cWell, he travels a lot. He\u2019s also half Scottish and half Swiss.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd I think as a civil servant and someone who relies on the cooperation of international security services, he would have 100% voted to stay in the EU.\u201d<\/p>\n
Defending his \u201cwoke\u2019 Bond, the author said: \u201cI\u2019ve just made him a contemporary young man. In the same way that Eon [the production company] completely updated Bond for each new decade in the films so that he wouldn\u2019t feel dated.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
After one user said Higson\u2019s Bond sounds like he lives in Stoke Newington and donates \u00a315 a month to The Guardian, the author denied this.<\/p>\n
He replied: \u201cFleming said Bond was slightly to the left of centre. I\u2019d say my version is straight down the middle. He\u2019s woke in the same way that Jack Reacher is woke.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Fleming books still exist. All the films still exist. If someone writes a new book, or makes a film, looking at Bond in a different light, it doesn\u2019t alter the past or somehow cause the other stuff to disintegrate. If you don\u2019t like it, ignore it and move on.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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