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gi.jpg"The Hour" star Ben Whishaw will revive the role of spy-
tech mastermind Q in the next James Bond movie, "Skyfall."
Whishaw, who's 31, will be the first Q who is younger than James
Bond (Daniel Craig), notes the BBC, which first reported the
casting news. The character was played for most of the Bond
series by Desmond Llewelyn; after his death in 1999, John Cleese
replaced him in "Die Another Day." Q wasn't in the first two
Bond movies starring Craig.  It makes sense to us, though, to
have a younger actor as Q, considering the tech Bond has used in
the past two movies has tended more toward sophisticated
computer equipment than shoes with daggers in the heel.  Whishaw
starred in the BBC miniseries "The Hour" earlier this year; his
other credits include "The Tempest," "Bright Star" and "I'm Not
There." He also worked with Craig on the 2004 crime movie "Layer
Cake."  What do you think of th