{"id":17556,"date":"2011-11-25T14:40:03","date_gmt":"2011-11-25T19:40:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=17556"},"modified":"2014-12-08T19:46:21","modified_gmt":"2014-12-09T00:46:21","slug":"ben-whishaw-playing-q-in-skyfall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2011\/11\/25\/ben-whishaw-playing-q-in-skyfall\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Whishaw Playing Q In SKYFALL"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>With the 2006 reboot of the James Bond franchise, fans have been still waiting for one of the mainstays of the film series to make an appearance – Q, the the head of the British Secret Service division that creates all of those crazy gadgets that 007 uses on his missions.Fans can rest easy now as the Hollywood Reporter<\/a> has learned that Ben Whishaw will be portraying the character in the currently in production Skyfall<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Whishaw had been a previously announced cast member, but producers were mum as to what his role would be, even avoiding the subject at the film’s recent beginning of production press conference<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Although his given name is Major Boothroyd, the head of the research and development division that creates all of 007’s gadgets is generally just known as Q. A mainstay of the Bond franchise, the character appeared in 19 out of the 20 pre-reboot films, with Live And Let Die<\/strong> being his only absence. Seventeen of those 19 times the character was played by Desmond Llewelyn, marking him as the series’ longest-running actor. (Peter Burton played him in the debut Bond film Dr. No<\/strong>.\u00a0 John Cleese appeared alongside Llewelyn as Q’s assistant in The World Is Not Enough<\/strong> before his character assumed the title in Die Another Day<\/strong>.)<\/p>\n

Reportedly, the British tabloids are making a big deal of the fact that this will mark the first time that an actor playing Q is younger than the actor playing Bond. Whishaw is 31 compared to Daniel Craig’s 43. Personally, I don’t care. I like the idea that the tech genius for the British Secret Service is a young guy. Maybe they’re reimagining the character so he’s on a similar level to some of the real world tech revolutionaries that have been changing society like a Steve Jobs or Marl Zuckerberg. That makes sense to me in light of the rebooted franchise’s more realistic approach to the films. I don’t think we’ll be seeing giant space lasers and invisible cars anytime soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The young actor will be the one supplying 007 with all sorts of technology for his missions.<\/div>\n

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