The question is not if we will get a new James Bond, the question is simply when. Daniel Craig’s version of the character is about as done as it could possibly be, but does that mean that all the actors who appeared alongside Craig are also finished? Ben Whishaw, who played Q in three of Daniel Craig’s Bond films certainly isn’t expecting to return, and it doesn’t sound like he’s that interested.
Daniel Craig’s James Bond tenure was unlike those that came before because it had a clear beginning and even clearer ending. And yet that doesn’t prevent characters like Q or M from being portrayed in the next Bond movie by the same actors that played them in the previous one. But Ben Whishaw tells Radio Times that he is not under contract to appear in any future Bond movies, and he hopes to see the franchise renew itself, which would seem to indicate a strong willingness, if not a desire, to pass the torch. Whishaw said…
