The role, which has been made famous oleh akting royalty like John Cleese, Peter burton and Desmond Llewelyn, will be Ben’s detik time in the Bond franchise after his turn in 2012’s Skyfall.


What do anda make of the new additions to the cast?

“I think they’re incredibly interesting, I’m such an admirer of all these actors who are joining the team. Lea Seydoux and Christoph Waltz and Andrew Scott… Monica Bellucci. It’s really rich and wonderful."

What’s it like to be part of the Bond franchise as an actor?

“To be honest it’s a lot like any other job, apart from occasions like this,...

Ben Whishaw’s turn as hi-tech boffin Q in the new James Bond film Skyfall is brave new territory indeed, he tells James Rampton.
Ben Whishaw admits that he was completely blindsided oleh this one. Hailed as one of the finest actors of his generation, the 32-year-old is about to play the MI6 boffin Q – all gadgets and geekiness — in Skyfall, the new Bond movie. But, he confesses, “I absolutely did not see the offer coming.”
Sam Mendes, the director of the film, had invited him for dinner. “I thought we were going to be discussing a Shakespeare project,” recalls Whishaw.
Bond is big....