Skyfall to Feature the Cutest Q Since Desmond Llewelyn
Fri, November 25, 2011 
It's that special time for the 007 series.
When the Broccolis, after making a big public stink about making the British Gentleman Agent different, getting away from the tried-and-true formula (One that's kept silver spoons in their mouths since 1962) with proclamations of "Going back to Fleming" and always name-dropping From Russia With Love, go right back to the well.
Per THR, come reports Brit actor Ben Whishaw is our new Q in Skyfall, currently lensing in the UK. Whishaw, said to be quite the heart-throb in his neck-of-the-woods, will be the first actor to take the reign on Bond's eccentric gadget-maker since the late Desmond Llewelyn, last seen in 1999's The World Is Not Enough. If you don't count the two turns from John Cleese as Q's replacement R.
With that, Q is younger than James Bond, Ralph Fiennes may be Blofeld (My guess is he's Blofeld in all but the name, assuming Kevin McClory's estate still fully owns the character) and Miss Moneypenny may start out as a field-agent. You know, I have nothing against updating the characters per say. Just stop making a ruckus over making changes if you know you're going to wind up back where you started, Eon.
Reader Comments (1)
Great to have q back. Hopefully he will do well. Can't wait to see what they do with bond and q.