Fleabag creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge vows to make Bond Girls into 'real people'

Fleabag creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge vows to make Bond Girls into 'real people' and fill the script with feminist jokes after joining writing team for next 007 movie

By Alisha Rouse For The Daily Mail

Published: 22:13 BST, 9 May 2019 | Updated: 22:15 BST, 9 May 2019

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Giving Phoebe Waller-Bridge a role on the writing team of the latest Bond film was always going to stir things up.

And the award-winning creator of TV series Fleabag has promised to build on the trend for female characters in the 007 movies to seem 'like real people'.

The series has been criticised in the past for its portrayal of 'Bond girls', with accusations that the films objectify women.

Phoebe Waller-Bridge (pictured at the 2019 Golden Globes) has joined the writing team for the new Bond film and vowed to make the Bond girls 'feel like real people' after joining the writing team for the as yet unnamed 25th film

Phoebe Waller-Bridge (pictured at the 2019 Golden Globes) has joined the writing team for the new Bond film and vowed to make the Bond girls 'feel like real people' after joining the writing team for the as yet unnamed 25th film

Miss Waller-Bridge, 33, who wrote and starred in the BBC drama Fleabag and wrote the script of the international hit thriller series Killing Eve, has

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