The new "Q" and "M"?

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The new "Q" and "M"?

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Does anyone have any suggestions for new actors/actresses to play Q and M?

I feel a woman Q would be a good idea. This would work if the old style formula was brought back.

For M, Patrick Stewart would be fantastic.
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In Bond 23, Judi Dench should be kept as M, and Q and Moneypenny should be left out, but if those characters are to return, I would say bring back John Cleese and Samantha Bond.
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I think Villiers should become the new Q, since he effectively filled the Q role in Casino Royale. I'm fine with Dame Judi staying on as M for as long as she wants to do it (edit: I wish they had recast M for CR, to avoid mucking up the timelines, but what's done is done, and recasting the role now wouldn't really achieve anything). I saw a trailer for the film Confessions of a Shopaholic starring Isla Fisher and thought that Fisher might make a good Moneypenny, for no other reason than that her hair is Lois Maxwell Red. I've a feeling she and Craig have some personal history, though, which might make things awkward on the set, but I haven't been able to find anything to back that up on The Google, so maybe I imagined it.

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Defnitely Isla Fisher if you're going for a younger Moneypenny.. Gillian Anderson if you're going for a more mature Moneypenny(she can do accents)
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katied wrote:Gillian Anderson if you're going for a more mature Moneypenny(she can do accents)
Good call!
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If Isla Fisher is cast as Moneypenny then perhaps Sascha Baron Cohen could be Q. :D
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Caroline Katz is my suggestion for Moneypenny.

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SKip q and Moneypenny next time around the bring them back for re-re-re-re-reboot with new actor. M hould go to, she was novel in 1995 but got old quick. watching the old connery adn M interchanges I miss that.
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Kristatos wrote:
katied wrote:Gillian Anderson if you're going for a more mature Moneypenny(she can do accents)
Good call!
I would be willing to watch her in any thing :D
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LOL I'll never live this down but I've got a bit of a girl crush on Gillian Anderson :shock:
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There was a rumour she (Gillian Anderson) was going to be the Rani in one of the Doctor Who specials this year.

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