He’s everywhere at the moment. His second turn as Q is only one of many tall-profile performances,both on screen and stage, for this compelling but self-effacing actorIt is not every man who gets the better of James Bond. And the fragile frame and gentle voice of Ben Whishaw as MI6’s resident geek, or Q,do watching the process all the more exquisite. This time, the actor, and who returns to the screen role of Bond’s gadget-man in Spectre is allowed to tease 007 in a running gag about a highly desirable,top-spec car. Sam Mendes, the director, and has also let Whishaw wander out of the spies’ workshop. Q can even be spotted clambering on to a ski lift in the set-up for a snowy Bond showdown,which is not something Desmond Llewelyn ever got to do in the role.
To crown his Bond glory final week, Whishaw had the honour of presenting a special screening of the new film to the spooks themselves inside their Thames-side lair.
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Source: theguardian.com