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Join today<\/a><\/p>\n \n Already a member? Ben Whishaw<\/a>, who played Q in three James Bond<\/a> films, believes the 007 series \u201cneeds to be reinvented completely\u201d for its next instalment.<\/p>\n The 46-year-old starred alongside Daniel Craig<\/a> as Q, the quartermaster who heads the MI6 research and development team.<\/p>\n Whishaw replaced John Cleese in the role. His first appearance came in the 2012 film Skyfall.<\/p>\n He later featured in Spectre<\/a> (2015), before reprising the role a final time in Craig\u2019s last film as the secret agent, No Time to Die<\/a> (2021).<\/p>\n Reflecting on the franchise\u2019s future in an interview with The Sunday Times, \u201cThe world has changed so much since the last Bond film so you have to find what is relevant about it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cI think it needs to be reinvented completely. But it\u2019s not for me to say.\u201d<\/p>\n Whishaw also said his Bond character felt \u201cunsatisfying\u201d because while there is a passing mention of his sexuality, it is not picked up on again.<\/p>\n The actor, who came out as gay in 2013, added: \u201cI rarely think about Bond. That would be weird.\u201d<\/p>\n Addressing the speculation about who will replace Daniel Craig, who originally took over the role of the secret agent in 2006, he added: \u201cPeople go crazy about it.<\/p>\n \u201cIt’s all deliberate hype. When you are working on it, it’s incredibly secretive, almost like being a spy.<\/p>\n \u201cYou only get the pages of the script that you are in. It\u2019s a ploy to create suspense and glamour, but it\u2019s kind of fun.\u201d<\/p>\n The search for the next Bond began in May and is believed to have reached its final stages.<\/p>\n Callum Turner, Jack Lowden and Josh O’Connor are among the stars reportedly in contention for the 007 role.<\/p>\n The next Bond film is in development.<\/p>\n It was announced last year that Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight would write the script.<\/p>\n Amy Pascal and David Heyman will produce the upcoming project, which is currently untitled.<\/p>\n Dune\u2019s Denis Villeneuve will direct.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Membership today.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":902974,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[236,88],"class_list":["post-902973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/902973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=902973"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/902973\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/902974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=902973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=902973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=902973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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