In July of 2019, when rumors first started circulating that Captain Marvel star Lashana Lynch could be taking the title of 007 within the subsequent James Bond film, the response from a loud minority of on-line trolls was each disgusting and disheartening. Although nothing had been confirmed, far proper poisonous followers complained {that a} Black girl had been given the title of 007, which had beforehand solely been utilized by white males.

However, the whining of web trolls didn’t get Lynch down. Later that 12 months, with out confirming that she had certainly gotten the title of 007, she responded to the backlash.

“It does not dishearten me. It makes me really feel fairly unhappy for some individuals as a result of their opinions, they don’t seem to be even from a imply place—they’re really from a tragic place,” she mentioned in November of 2019. “It isn’t about me. Persons are reacting to an thought, which has nothing to do with my life.”

Now, in a brand new interview with Harper’s Bazaar UK, Lynch has confirmed that she’s going to certainly be the primary Black girl to tackle the title of 007. Lynch instructed the journal how she prepped herself emotionally for what could be the inevitable and horrible backlash. She unplugged from social media and reminded herself that the disgusting feedback weren’t about her personally.

“I’m one Black girl—if it have been one other Black girl solid within the position, it will have been the identical dialog, she would have gotten the identical assaults, the identical abuse,” she mentioned. “I simply should remind myself that the dialog is occurring and that I’m part of one thing that will likely be very, very revolutionary.”