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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
    Posts: 647
    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
    Posts: 15,805
    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.
    Posts: 1,423
    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: 6,802
    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
    Posts: 18,342
    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.
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