Ben Whishaw as Q in Skyfall

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  • James SuzukiJames Suzuki New ZealandPosts: 2,406MI6 Agent
    It will be fine... I think mixing it up is good, bringing Bond to the new age I don't want to see another CLeese up there an old actor
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  • ThundernutsThundernuts Harlow, Essex, England UKPosts: 57MI6 Agent
    minigeff wrote:
    Sir Miles wrote:
    danjaq_0ff wrote:
    Personally I think most will walk away from Skyfall happy :D

    Yeah...but I want MORE than 'happy'...

    greedy chops.

    can anyone recommend something with Ben Whishaw in it so I can get an idea about his mad skilz?


    Try Layer Cake. He plays Sienna Miller's boyfriend Sidney alongside an up and coming young actor called Daniel Craig. :D
  • minigeffminigeff EnglandPosts: 7,884MI6 Agent
    minigeff wrote:
    Sir Miles wrote:

    Yeah...but I want MORE than 'happy'...

    greedy chops.

    can anyone recommend something with Ben Whishaw in it so I can get an idea about his mad skilz?


    Try Layer Cake. He plays Sienna Miller's boyfriend Sidney alongside an up and coming young actor called Daniel Craig. :D

    Yeah I've seen him in layer cake, bloody good film that, but I was wondering if whishaw had done anything closer to Q before.

    I couldn't really imagine Sidney issuing bond with anything more than a beano mag.
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  • LoeffelholzLoeffelholz The United States, With LovePosts: 8,998Quartermasters
    danjaq_0ff wrote:
    Personally I think most will walk away from Skyfall happy :D

    I agree---even if it's merely happy to disembowel, and dissect the entrails :v

    Eon has moved in bold strokes ever since Formerly Poor DannyTM was brought on board, largely exciting more fans than they've polarized and/or alienated. This I respect, even if (as with Marc Forster's frantic, too-sparse narrative and chaotic editing scheme in QoS) they miss the mark from time to time. Better by far, in my opinion, than playing it straight down the middle, adhering to the Precious Classic FormulaTM no matter what...and just going through the motions.

    I'm looking forward to this Q, and am not worried. He'll be an old man eventually, to a Bond 40 years his junior B-)
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  • Napoleon PluralNapoleon Plural LondonPosts: 10,461MI6 Agent
    Here's another picture of Q issued:

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    "This is where we leave you Mr Bond."

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  • LoeffelholzLoeffelholz The United States, With LovePosts: 8,998Quartermasters
    Here's another picture of Q issued:

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    :))
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  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,298MI6 Agent
    minigeff wrote:
    minigeff wrote:

    greedy chops.

    can anyone recommend something with Ben Whishaw in it so I can get an idea about his mad skilz?


    Try Layer Cake. He plays Sienna Miller's boyfriend Sidney alongside an up and coming young actor called Daniel Craig. :D

    Yeah I've seen him in layer cake, bloody good film that, but I was wondering if whishaw had done anything closer to Q before.

    I couldn't really imagine Sidney issuing bond with anything more than a beano mag.

    Try the BBC series The Hour. He plays a clever TV journalist in the 1950`s. It was when I saw The Hour I saw Q in Ben Whishaw.
  • HardyboyHardyboy Posts: 5,904Chief of Staff
    I first noticed Whishaw as Keats in Bright Star. He didn't strike me as Q; but, then again, he was supposed to be a consumptive Romantic poet who lived 200 years ago, and I bought him as that. I'm looking forward to seeing what he'll come up with as Q. . .
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Thought it a little funny as many have commented on how a young Q is
    more realistic as many IT Crowd are young. Yet watching the latest clip
    for The Dark Knight Rises, with Morgan Freeman delivering the tec lines
    about some new toys for Batman. Not once did I Think "What does this
    guy know about tec and Gadgets, He's too Old " :))
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • BlackleiterBlackleiter Washington, DCPosts: 5,615MI6 Agent
    As far as I'm concerned, the African -American Felix and the female M have worked out quite well. Based on that track record, the young Q should be a hit. We'll see, but I think shaking up the formula a bit has been good for the Bond series.
    African american Felix Leiter, Female M, Teenage Q

    The people making the Craig films are getting really creative with the series that they cant even stay true to the books :/

    What next are they gonna turn Moneypenny into a guy?
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  • Moore ThanMoore Than EnglandPosts: 3,173MI6 Agent
    Hardyboy wrote:
    I first noticed Whishaw as Keats in Bright Star. He didn't strike me as Q; but, then again, he was supposed to be a consumptive Romantic poet who lived 200 years ago, and I bought him as that. I'm looking forward to seeing what he'll come up with as Q. . .

    I first saw Ben Whishaw as Sidney in Layer Cake but I really began to take notice when I saw the film Perfume - The Story of a Murderer. It is set in 18th century France. Whishaw plays a slightly retarded man with the gift of smell who becomes obsessed in creating the ultimate scent, to the point where he commits mass murder on young women. A convincing performance I thought. Just recently saw him as Richard II in the BBC's Shakespeare series entitled The Hollow Crown. Without doubt, his star is on the rise and he is rapidly becoming one of my favourite actors.
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  • zaphodzaphod Posts: 1,183MI6 Agent
    Moore Than wrote:
    Hardyboy wrote:
    I first noticed Whishaw as Keats in Bright Star. He didn't strike me as Q; but, then again, he was supposed to be a consumptive Romantic poet who lived 200 years ago, and I bought him as that. I'm looking forward to seeing what he'll come up with as Q. . .

    I first saw Ben Whishaw as Sidney in Layer Cake but I really began to take notice when I saw the film Perfume - The Story of a Murderer. It is set in 18th century France. Whishaw plays a slightly retarded man with the gift of smell who becomes obsessed in creating the ultimate scent, to the point where he commits mass murder on young women. A convincing performance I thought. Just recently saw him as Richard II in the BBC's Shakespeare series entitled The Hollow Crown. Without doubt, his star is on the rise and he is rapidly becoming one of my favourite actors.

    Certainly adds to the quality of cast assembled for Skyfall. This one really has the highest calibre of actors that I can recall in one Bond movie.
  • Gala BrandGala Brand Posts: 1,172MI6 Agent
    African american Felix Leiter, Female M, Teenage Q

    The people making the Craig films are getting really creative with the series that they cant even stay true to the books :/

    What next are they gonna turn Moneypenny into a guy?


    Actually, there was no character named "Q" in the books. There was a Q Branch, which was headed by Major Boothroyd.
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    I seem to remember reading that J Gardner wanted to use the Character Q in his Books
    But EON wouldn't let him as he was a Film character, Hence we got Q"ute" :))
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • Trigger_MortisTrigger_Mortis Posts: 100MI6 Agent
    Well, there was a time for me where Craig felt wrong for 007, Pine felt wrong for Kirk and Smith felt wrong for Doctor Who but all three measured up beyond my skepticism and have left me longing for future installments. So far, Ben does feel wrong for the role for obvious reasons, but i've learned to wait for the final product before casting final judgment. You never know.
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