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Should we get a new M / Q / Moneypenny for BOND 26 and beyond ?

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  • SeveSeve The island of Lemoy
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    peter wrote: »

    Amazon is making their own creative choices and I’d sell my house if Ben Wishaw was back as Q, Naomi Harris back as Moneypenny, and Fiennes back as any version of M. In fact, I didn’t see them returning even if Broccoli and Wilson were still running the show. The Craig era had a beginning, middle and a full-stop end. It’s its own thing within canon. We are moving on…

    True dat

    Although it did share an M with the Brosnan era for over half it's run...
  • HarmonyRocketsHarmonyRockets
    edited June 26 Posts: 190
    The fact that so many people on here think they should and that they might bring back the same actors from the Craig universe is completely baffling. The new writers need to be able to create new versions of these characters that fit in this new iteration and play against the new Bond and have chemistry with him, etc. For instance, Wishaw's Q was made to be young and play against Bond being a "dinosaur." Why would they just use the same actors for the new universe? It makes no sense, especially since Bond died and it would just confuse the general audience (many would think it's supposed to be in the same universe, aka a prequel). What would be the upside? Sure, they're good actors, but there are other good actors out there too. They obviously need to start fresh.

    I think this time around they'll do a female Q. In fact I don't see how they couldn't. If Q is male yet again it would almost look like they're trying to say Q has to be male since it's science/technology related. They always do something new like this, and female Q seems like the next logical step. I think they should do a younger, nerdy, no-nonsense female Q. I could see Jodie Comer.

    And then since Q is female I think they'll have to do a male M, and one that is older since we'll have a younger Bond. An older more fatherly M. Colin Salmon, Paul McGann?

    For Moneypenny I'd say Phoebe Waller-Bridge. Let her be funny and do sexual innuendo towards Bond. Let her write her own lines and/or riff with the new actor.
  • LudovicoLudovico
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    Well in the end it will depend of the approach Villeneuve and the production will take. They might want to stick to some of the same casting for name recognition and to smoothen the transition into the new era. I wouldn't be surprised if Ralph Fiennes came back.
  • ImpertinentGoonImpertinentGoon Everybody needs a hobby.
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    If we count Dune and Dune:Part Two as separate films, there's three actors who have been in three separate Villeneuve films: David Dastmalchian (Q, obviously), Josh Brolin (M) and Dave Bautista (Moneypenny, I guess).
  • 4EverBonded4EverBonded the Ballrooms of Mars
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    I'm all for a new cast for these supporting roles. I think it's needed. Even though I loved Naomie as Moneypenny and Fiennes as M.

    I do hope for another female M this time. Somebody earlier mentioned Charlotte Rampling. She'd be pretty great in that role.
  • BennyBenny Shaken not stirredAdministrator, Moderator
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    4EverBonded wrote: »
    I'm all for a new cast for these supporting roles. I think it's needed. Even though I loved Naomie as Moneypenny and Fiennes as M.

    I do hope for another female M this time. Somebody earlier mentioned Charlotte Rampling. She'd be pretty great in that role.

    She’s wonderful, but is pushing 80.
    She might be a little too old for M.

    Olivia Colman would be a big yes from me however.
  • echoecho 007 in New York
    edited 1:50pm Posts: 6,808
    Colman with a younger Bond (which we are almost certain to get) sounds delicious to me. I mean, she can do no wrong as an actress and is basically the Dench of her generation.

    Plus, she is rightly so busy with other projects that maybe her role as M would be smaller, and that would appease fans who think the M role has gotten too prominent.
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
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    echo wrote: »
    Colman with a younger Bond (which we are almost certain to get) sounds delicious to me. I mean, she can do no wrong as an actress and is basically the Dench of her generation.

    I think that's what puts me off her to be honest: she's a bit too much of a Dench replacement (although I'm sure she could do it differently: she's the MI6 contact in Night Manager, and played it pregnant!).
    Britain's kind of teeming with potential Ms - even just looking randomly at the most recent honours list: how about Adjoa Andoh? I could buy her as a pretty fierce and stately M.
  • 4EverBonded4EverBonded the Ballrooms of Mars
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    Okay ... how about Imelda Staunton for M? She's 69, not nearly as old as Charlotte Rampling or Julie Christie. I think she could shine in the role.
  • echoecho 007 in New York
    edited 6:26pm Posts: 6,808
    Staunton is great but 70 is pretty old if Bond is 30.

    There is no shortage of great British actresses who could fill the role. It's hard to think of actresses who haven't already played an M-type in a spy movie/show. I'm thinking of Winslet and Scott-Thomas, but there are undeniably others.

    Erin Doherty as Gala Brand? She is excellent in Adolescence and will probably get an Emmy for it shortly.
  • AnotherZorinStoogeAnotherZorinStooge Bramhall (Irish)
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    kyawsawaung wrote: »
    Can anyone see Naomie Harris coming back not as Moneypenny but as M?

    Hope not.

    Dreadfully miscast as Moneypenny.
  • AnotherZorinStoogeAnotherZorinStooge Bramhall (Irish)
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    peter wrote: »
    echo wrote: »
    Olivia Colman would be perfect as M. Someone mentioned her a while back.

    As much as I love the recent M, Q, and Moneypenny, no no no, all new actors, please.

    Agreed: Mallory helped kill James Bond and the supporting ensemble were there to witness it. Bezos really can’t stand Broccoli either, and I can’t imagine a world where lead actors from her films will ever see the light of day as the same characters in any of his Bond-financed pictures.

    Amazon is making their own creative choices and I’d sell my house if Ben Wishaw was back as Q, Naomi Harris back as Moneypenny, and Fiennes back as any version of M. In fact, I didn’t see them returning even if Broccoli and Wilson were still running the show. The Craig era had a beginning, middle and a full-stop end. It’s its own thing within canon. We are moving on…

    To be frank, Fiennes, Wishaw, Kinnear and Harris were all pretty poor and their characterisation poorly realised.

    Mallory is the one who really stands out. With a fickle 'troubles' backstory which provokes more concern to his total incompetence in NTTD. A complete waste.

    He did deliver the f-bomb with aplomb, though, fair play. First audible f in the entire canon.
    echo wrote: »
    Olivia Colman would be perfect as M. Someone mentioned her a while back.

    As much as I love the recent M, Q, and Moneypenny, no no no, all new actors, please.

    Have to disagree, there.

    Colman would make a grand addition in some capacity, but not M.

    Keep seeing her as Sophie in peep show.

    Maybe David Mitchell could step up? Or Johnson...
  • 4EverBonded4EverBonded the Ballrooms of Mars
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    Loved Naomie as Moneypenny.

    Anyhoo ... I don't want someone as young a Kate Winslet being M. I want an older actress; just my preference.
  • SatoriousSatorious Brushing up on a little Danish
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    I'm sure it's been said already, but I vote Hugh Grant for M - he old and crotchety enough to do this now - he would probably also inject a bit more humour.
  • j_w_pepperj_w_pepper Born on the bayou, but I now hear a new dog barkin'
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    4EverBonded wrote: »
    Loved Naomie as Moneypenny.

    Anyhoo ... I don't want someone as young a Kate Winslet being M. I want an older actress; just my preference.

    Kate Winslet is two years older than the actual new "C" of MI6, Blaise Metreweli.
  • DaltonforyouDaltonforyou The Daltonator
    edited 8:20pm Posts: 842
    Bonneville for M ,

    Alice Eve for Moneypenny,

    Derek Jacobi for Q
  • 4EverBonded4EverBonded the Ballrooms of Mars
    Posts: 12,536
    j_w_pepper wrote: »
    4EverBonded wrote: »
    Loved Naomie as Moneypenny.

    Anyhoo ... I don't want someone as young a Kate Winslet being M. I want an older actress; just my preference.

    Kate Winslet is two years older than the actual new "C" of MI6, Blaise Metreweli.

    That's fine. I simply wanted an older woman in the role.
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