Here's a little young, but I wouldn't mind Benedict Cumberbatch as Q

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• Moore Than EnglandPosts: 3,173MI6 Agent

  September 2012

  Not Q. But according to the Express, Benedict Cumberbatch is expected to lock horns with Daniel Craig in Bond 24 by starring as the next villain. He is considered perfect Bond villain material.
  
  BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH SET TO BE NEXT BOND BADDIE
  http://www.express.co.uk/features/view/347928/Benedict-Cumberbatch-set-to-be-next-Bond-baddie

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• Thunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent

  September 2012

  We have a new Q, so Not for Q But I think he'd make a great villain.
  Love him as Sherlock Holmes. -{

  "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
• jasper_lamar_crabb Posts: 169MI6 Agent

  September 2012

  Moore Than wrote:

  BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH SET TO BE NEXT BOND BADDIE
  http://www.express.co.uk/features/view/347928/Benedict-Cumberbatch-set-to-be-next-Bond-baddie

  More tabloid crap, this time from one of the nastiest UK rags.
• David Schofield EnglandPosts: 1,528MI6 Agent

  September 2012

  Moore Than wrote:

  Not Q. But according to the Express, Benedict Cumberbatch is expected to lock horns with Daniel Craig in Bond 24 by starring as the next villain. He is considered perfect Bond villain material.
  
  BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH SET TO BE NEXT BOND BADDIE
  http://www.express.co.uk/features/view/347928/Benedict-Cumberbatch-set-to-be-next-Bond-baddie

  
  Shame, if true.
  
  It would obviously rule Cumberbatch out as the next Bond and his public school louchness would hit a nice Flemingian nerve not yet touched on - ex-public schoolboy as Government psychopath.
  
  Gentleman learns how to become a killer, rather than the other way round. Perfect contrast to Craig - which the next Bond WILL have to be.
• Agent007jamest usaPosts: 163MI6 Agent

  September 2012

  Cumberbatch is a fantastic actor & Sherlock is the best show on TV in any country!
• Virgil37 Posts: 1,212MI6 Agent

  September 2012

  Agent007jamest wrote:

  Cumberbatch is a fantastic actor & Sherlock is the best show on TV in any country!

  
  Both true. He would make a fantastic Bond villain.
• Lexi LondonPosts: 3,000MI6 Agent

  September 2012

  If there was a Like button on this site, then this would get it. Benedict for Villian indeed!
  
  Quite inspired - and Sherlock is fantastic, but then the writing had a lot to do with it. -{

  She's worth whatever chaos she brings to the table and you know it. ~ Mark Anthony
• The Domino Effect Posts: 3,638MI6 Agent

  September 2012

  I love Sherlock, a truly great spin on some classic books. I am also a great admirer of Cumberbatch and heartily agree that he would be a superb villain, however...I would be surprised if enough progress has been made on Bond 24 yet that they're already casting and given the generally questionable reliability of the Express, I'm certainly not holding my breath that there's much fact to this story. The final thought that occurs to me is that Cumberbatch recently launched an absolutely scathing attack on 'Downton Abbey' while praising his upcoming 'Parade's End.' DA might not be everyone's cup of tea but to launch such an attack publicly (he called it "sentimental, cliched and f***ing atrocious") panged of a bit of elitism to me. So, would an Old Harrovian thespian like Cumberbatch who freely admits despising DA really be willing to appear in a Bond film?
• GordoLeiter Posts: 462MI6 Agent

  September 2012

  Woohoo Q becoming a villain, way to deviate from the source material again
• Sir Miles The Wrong Side Of The WardrobePosts: 27,766Chief of Staff

  September 2012

  GordoLeiter wrote:

  Woohoo Q becoming a villain, way to deviate from the source material again

  
  Pardon ?:)

  YNWA 97
  
• The Domino Effect Posts: 3,638MI6 Agent

  September 2012

  GordoLeiter wrote:

  Woohoo Q becoming a villain, way to deviate from the source material again

  
  Sorry, did I miss something? I don't think anyone has suggested that the character of Q becomes a villain, rather that someone suggested that the actor Benedict Cumberbatch would make a great Q...and then a tabloid report that the same actor is slated to be a Bond villain.
• David Schofield EnglandPosts: 1,528MI6 Agent

  September 2012

  The Domino Effect wrote:

  I love Sherlock, a truly great spin on some classic books. I am also a great admirer of Cumberbatch and heartily agree that he would be a superb villain, however...I would be surprised if enough progress has been made on Bond 24 yet that they're already casting and given the generally questionable reliability of the Express, I'm certainly not holding my breath that there's much fact to this story. The final thought that occurs to me is that Cumberbatch recently launched an absolutely scathing attack on 'Downton Abbey' while praising his upcoming 'Parade's End.' DA might not be everyone's cup of tea but to launch such an attack publicly (he called it "sentimental, cliched and f***ing atrocious") panged of a bit of elitism to me. So, would an Old Harrovian thespian like Cumberbatch who freely admits despising DA really be willing to appear in a Bond film?

  
  Well, yeah, sure, Cumberbatch is a typical, headfcuked actor.
  
  Bangs on about being typecast as a toft... because he play toffs; went to Harrow and yet makes Trade Union speeches...in Islington!: slags Downton off as "atrocious" but appears in fukcing STAR TREK!!!
  
  Yep. Typical, true to form, famous wealthy actor.
• The Domino Effect Posts: 3,638MI6 Agent

  September 2012

  David Schofield wrote:

  Well, yeah, sure, Cumberbatch is a typical, headfcuked actor.
  
  Bangs on about being typecast as a toft... because he play toffs; went to Harrow and yet makes Trade Union speeches...in Islington!: slags Downton off as "atrocious" but appears in fukcing STAR TREK!!!
  
  Yep. Typical, true to form, famous wealthy actor.

  
  Well, you summed that up quite succinctly Mr Schofield!