Ben Whishaw new Q?

[pits]

Probably repost, didn't really search. Anyway apparently Ben Whishaw (whomever he is) is to be the new Q in the new Bond film.
Is it me or does this seem a little wrong?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-15889...

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Eh? Really?


He may be a good actor, never heard of him before, but he just looks like he is going to be a tt as Q, just seems completely wrong, least it isn't Statham Nathan

[Nicholas Blair]

Who ?

[Halb]

Way too young, pathetic move on the movie makers part.

[Rich_W]

I'll reserve judgment. It could work better than Cleeses performance. And whilst Llewelyn was the role for years, doesn't mean a fresh face can't make it work. Whishaw has been around for a while and has done Shakespeare. So he's a better actor than some might think.

Edited by Rich_W on Saturday 26th November 11:09

[Halb]

I think it is pat of the producers obsession to shoehorn young people into any role. I wouldn't buy an expert in top secret military ordnance who looks like a chav from the town centre.
They might be trying to flip the knowledge/age relationship between Bond and Q, but I would prefer an older bloke who can speak down to Bond, having a scrote as Q won't work.

[Morningside]

pits said:

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Did not like. I thought the character was too jokey.

As for the new one. Naahhh. But at least they have not wheeled out some 'in bloke' like Stephen Fry or Russell Brand.

[Halb]

Morningside said:

Did not like. I thought the character was too jokey.
As for the new one. Naahhh. But at least they have not wheeled out some 'in bloke' like Stephen Fry or Russell Brand.

I too thought the Cleese take was too jokey. But I think Fry could do a brilliant job. He is physically imposing (would make the sub 6 foot Craig look teeny) and has the verbose quality to make Bond react. The earliest Q scenes are the best, where Q is serious and Bond is a bit of a twit. They actually wanted Desmond to do it in a Welsh accent, and he knew it wouldn't work, so he showed them and it was like, 'yeah that's awful', so he did the Queen's RP as a bit of a twunt and it worked perfectly, that's what it needs, especially as Craig is the roughest Bond yet.

[Zaxxon]

Morningside said:

Did not like. I thought the character was too jokey.

As for the new one. Naahhh. But at least they have not wheeled out some 'in bloke' like Stephen Fry or Russell Brand.

Stephen Fry would have been perfect for the role, or Rowan Atkinson.

[TheEnd]

I have a horrible feeling they are trying to make it "cool", like when they ditched the proper Captain Birdsea for some asshole kid.

[craigjm]

Zaxxon said:

Stephen Fry would have been perfect for the role, or Rowan Atkinson.

+1 for Stephen Fry

[anonymous-user]

No chance to Fry or Atkinson, it'd be like an episode of QI or Bean stuck in the middle of the film, oh look it's Fry/Atkinson playing themselves playing Q........wrong! Gotta be someone fresh, not overly comedic. Not sure it had to be someone quite so young though, I suppose as tech advances it's the young 'uns that are getting into it and can use it effectively, the old guys are no longer relevant as their knowledge is old hat.

[Civpilot]

craigjm said:

Zaxxon said:

Stephen Fry would have been perfect for the role, or Rowan Atkinson.

+1 for Stephen Fry

You honestly think he would fit in the current Bond reality?

The new films are much more serious and less hooked on the crappy gadgets than past cheesy movies, Stephen Fry just wouldn't work in the role, neither would Rowan.

I'm remaining open minded on this one, afterall, with the 'real' edge these movies have is it really fitting that Q is some old bloke of pentionable age in a white coat... or would he rather be a seriously smart younger computer/engineering whizz?

And who's to say this Q will even be dishing out gadgets... maybe the whole role has been reinvented?

[Halb]

Civpilot said:

You honestly think he would fit in the current Bond reality?
The new films are much more serious and less hooked on the crappy gadgets than past cheesy movies, Stephen Fry just wouldn't work in the role, neither would Rowan.
I'm remaining open minded on this one, afterall, with the 'real' edge these movies have is it really fitting that Q is some old bloke of pentionable age in a white coat... or would he rather be a seriously smart younger computer/engineering whizz?
And who's to say this Q will even be dishing out gadgets... maybe the whole role has been reinvented?

Easily, he is a good actor. (I checked his filmography...I didn't realise he will the the Master of Laketown in the Hobbit, I reckon we'll see some good acting there).
Fry would work because he is serious and exudes an air of knowledge and superiority. I think having the Quartermaster (the role must be the same otherwise just call it something else, it's Bond) as young, subverts the role and is frankly ste. Desmond did not start off as pensionable, nor is Fry pensionable. A smart younger whizz would be more like SPy Kids.

[doodlebug]

Halb said:

Easily, he is a good actor. (I checked his filmography...I didn't realise he will the the Master of Laketown in the Hobbit, I reckon we'll see some good acting there).
Fry would work because he is serious and exudes an air of knowledge and superiority. I think having the Quartermaster (the role must be the same otherwise just call it something else, it's Bond) as young, subverts the role and is frankly ste. Desmond did not start off as pensionable, nor is Fry pensionable. A smart younger whizz would be more like SPy Kids.

Don't see what the problem is - he is a very good actor and looks nerdy. Ideal Q iyam.

[Newc]

Surely someone with experience would be preferable ?

[fatandwheezing]

No chance. he invented that stupid face matching algorithm that displays all the faces that dont match. total waste of processing, therefor he's an idiot.

[Zaxxon]

Civpilot said:

You honestly think he would fit in the current Bond reality?

The new films are much more serious and less hooked on the crappy gadgets than past cheesy movies, Stephen Fry just wouldn't work in the role, neither would Rowan.

I'm remaining open minded on this one, afterall, with the 'real' edge these movies have is it really fitting that Q is some old bloke of pentionable age in a white coat... or would he rather be a seriously smart younger computer/engineering whizz?

And who's to say this Q will even be dishing out gadgets... maybe the whole role has been reinvented?

Stephen Fry as long as it was a serious role, not semi jokey like Cleese. The role of Q should be older as he should be the school master telling an uninterested Bond (that doesnt do gadgets) about the benefits of the gizmo or toy.