No Time To Die star Ben Whishaw would like to see an out gay actor play James Bond
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- Ben Whishaw speaks to Attitude about his return to the Bond franchise as Q in No Time to Die, why it would be "thrilling" to see an out gay actor like Luke Evans or Jonathan Bailey replace Daniel Craig as Bond, and whether he'd have taken the opportunity to play 007 himself.
No Time to Die is released in UK cinemas on 30 September 2021.
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Are there any LGBTQ+ actors you think should be cast as the next Bond?
Wentworth Miller
@@kstephane1444 No.
Johnny Sins
SJWs are literally insane.
@@MrShadowfax42 What's your issue? You don't think the world should be equal for all of us?
Nah, but how is he 40?! Like how does he look SO good?!
41! Yes, he’s so handsome
Money 🤑
Yeah he's so cute! And his hair! Its so fluffy and he has so much of it , it def helps him look young
40 is not old 😂
@@mistyblueeyes4024 yes it is
Went to school and lived opposite to Ben and his twin, James for a number of years. Hasnt changed a bit. Completely down to earth and naturally brilliant. Great guy and an amazing actor.
I think he has one of the most incredible faces on a person I've ever seen. Ever moment is pausable, there's such range. I look at his face and I feel warm one second and almost like crying the next. One of England's very finest actors
Ben is absolutely perfect in this film. A brilliant performance as Q!
Q yes, not 007 though
I think he means a gay actor playing bond not outing Bond as gay, it wouldn't matter, the actors sexuality shouldn't really come into it and is irrelevant to the role tbh
But people from the LBGTQ community want gay actors to play the gay parts in films so that doesn't sit right that a LBGTQ person should play a heterosexual male
@@nicwp7320 Shut up Actors should be allowed to play whatever role they want no matter their sexuality
@@alenciaga21 it's not me that was saying that it was directors and actors in Hollywood saying that only gays should play gays
@@nicwp7320 Then you worded it badly, saying it doesn´t sit right. Also people from that community don´t just want gay people to play gay characters. They just want gay actors to get parts
Irrelevant? His whole thing is he's a womanizer!
i hope he will play q in the next movies too. he is great!
The thing is that it doesn’t matter what someone’s sexuality is when they play a character because they’re playing a character, they’re not playing themselves. Characters are wrote a certain way and it’s the job of the actor to portray that character how they’re supposed to be portrayed
In theory yes, but in reality that's not true at all. LGBTQ actors constantly get ignored for roles because the studio's think the audience won't accept a LGBTQ actor playing a straight character. While on the other hand, they have no problem having a straight actor play a LGBTQ character. Typical Hollywood logic.
Wow I never realized how many people (“wokeness” criticizers) criticize a comment based on the clickbait title…
How is it a clickbait title when he actually says it in the video
@@emuman09 All he literally says is that it would be nice and that he would like to see it based on the options they the interviewer gave him. The title makes him seem like that he was the one who proposed the idea, which he didn’t.
@@Ashkeya It wouldn’t be nice though, cause it doesn’t matter.
Who really cares if Bond’s played by a gay man?
It would be weird seeing a gay man trying to be a womaniser.
@@Grandmaster_Dragonborn You know what acting is, right? You know gay actors have played straight characters, and played womanisers, since the beginning of acting, right??? That's why it would be nice. Because it would shut up idiots that seem to have a problem with it when there's really nothing to have a problem with.
@@NCC-1701_no_bloody_a_b_c_or_d Exactly the point. Hence why it is absolutely to focus on the idea that Bond be played by a gay man.
It is not “nice”, having a gay person play a straight character simply because it’s been done before isn’t nice.
What is nice is having Bond be played by an actor capable of bringing him to life.
It would also zip the mouths of people, like Ben, who think Bond being played by something with a certain sexuality is in any way important.
No, Bond being played by a gay man is not nice, what is nice is him being played by a good actor.
They don't even let gay actors play major gay roles in movies ( Freddie Mercury, Elton John, Alfred Kinsey, Greg Louganis,Alan Turing,Harvey Milk...) they will never let an openly gay actor play James Bond
With the same "it's called acting" bs
Freddie Mercury isn't gay
yeah, I'm pretty sure Luke Evans would have been very credible playing Elton John...or Ben Whitshaw playing Freddy Mercury ( oh, he can play Freddy Mercury because he is gay...but shit, he is white)...what an idiot point of view!
@@pouetpouetdaddy5 because Luke Evans or Ben are the only openly gay actors in the industry ?😞😞😞😞
It would be nice, if Ben could play Bond. So Q can use all the things he created. I think it's not important that Bond is heterosexual. He also could be pansexuell!
I wish you a nice day today Ben. I hope you enjoy the Premiere Party
Q (Ben Whishaw) needs his own standalone film!
Paddington Bear 🐻
check his part out in the BBC Queers program, makes me tear up because what he says in it is so true 😭
To be fair, we had a "curious bond" already during Spectre when Bond was tied up. Sure it was a brief innuendo, but that's really enough for one movie.
You mean in Skyfall, the flirt with Silva?
Someone asked Rupert Everett (when he was younger) if he would consider playing Bond. And his response was that fans would burn down Pinewood studios. I am fine with a gay actor playing Bond. I have watched Everett play several ladies men. And I was never peppered to snicker or laugh. It's an actor playing a role.
I still remember him from that perfume movie, great actor, love him as Q.
Whatever Ben says, goes.
gay 007: i like my men shaken not stirred.
lesbian 007: i like my ladies stirred not shaken.
trans 007: just dont give me anything thats shaken and stirred.
drag queen 007: gimme a man with his gun bigger than 7 inch.
I feel like we are gonna look back on this comment in few years and get sad at how at this point we were only seeing it as a joke
Ben is such a sweetheart❤
I like Luke Evans for Bond, and I've always thought Matt Bomer might pull off that "Bond"-tude quite well (though he's coming in with a big disadvantage by being American).
Luke Evans, is gorgeous and such a great actor, I just adore him!
The actors sexuality wouldn't matter but bond is straight
I just came home from watching this at the cinema, it was
*a m a z i n g*
That’s fine as long as you don’t make the character gay
In the old movies Bond was sexual predator, taking adventage of women and apparently that's okay, but please don't make him gay, right? That's where we draw the line. You're a joke, James.
I'm with you James. Bond likes pussy and that's they way it needs to be. We see what happened with the all woman Ghost Busters. Sometimes we need to fight against this tendency of wanting to become a snowflake society.
@@AngelusHale cmon man, in the old movies Bond took advantage of women, but not in a predatorial way, he used them for information, which in itself is messed up, but again not predatorial. He was a womanizer, there is a difference. And don't you get that it would be disrespectful to the creator of Bond, Ian Fleming, to change such a major characteristic? Maybe it doesn't fit with today's climate, Bond doesn't HAVE to take advantage of women, Craig's bond barely has and he was fine, but to change his sexuality just to change it, for no real reason other than to be 'woke', isn't good either. In some ways, you have to stick to the original work. As a fan of Deadpool you must relate in some way, the way they fucked up his character in origins was atrocious, and some people feel making Bond gay, or even getting a woman to play the character, wouldn't be true to what Fleming intended and would fuck it up. Just like Hollywood did with Ghostbusters, Star Wars etc.
@@AngelusHale no he's not, you're just ignorant of the fact that certain core traits are inherent to the character. nobody said that being a predator is cool or fine, but as said in this interview, the films reflect the era in which they were made. To make bond gay would be to change his fundamental identity. If you want a gay spy film, that's fine, but Bond is not that guy.
@@jamesrees8653 I don't want Bond to be gay, but I find it hilarious where you people draw the line. In one of the old movies he blackmailed a girl into sleeping with him to not expose what she had done. So to not get fired she had to have sex with him. Disgusting.
Ben’s shirt is amazing. Love him btw:) Also Happy birthday. :D
i love it that his character Q is gay as well in No time to die.
So looking forward to see him as q in nttd
I think jude law will be a perfect cast as the next bond, and he's on the top candidate. And if they bring ben as Q again, I believe their chemistry will be great because jude law has so many experience with male co star.
Great interview by Will, really enjoyed it.
i love q so much, he does great work
Ben could totally pull of playing James Bond too!
Why not create a gay character who’s a spy and make a good movie about him and people would watch it. Let James Bond be James Bond. The kingsman movie is another spy movie that people love. We don’t need to change up characters. Make original characters with their own movies.
Spies are forever. Not a movie but just saying
Q!!
*He is such a good actor!*
I don’t know if Q is meant to be homosexual in the movies (not that it really matters) but he genuinely comes off as a heterosexual male, which means that Ben Wishaw is an extraordinary actor!
He just comes off as a very smart computer scientist.
Bravo, Ben!
👏👏
Bens acting is stupendous
I loved the movie, but missed Q, I wish he was more in the movie. I would have loved seeing his date and watched that relationship evolve. It is never just work and no fun for James so Q deserves some fun and love too🥰🤩
Really? I thought Q had a bigger role in this movie than ever before! Especially the island sequence.
@@lorenzop9181 Nope it felt like 10 minutes maybe a little more but out of the 2h 43m not so much 🤷♀️😊
He does have more screen time it seems, but aside from the scene in Q's apartment, the rest felt very serious without the usual banter or witty remarks. That's why nothing really stood out in this film.
Oh god he's so fit.. Gutted he's gay .. What an articulate beautiful talented gay man 💪❤️
yes they are. they already had Bond gay.
whoever notice the relationship between Bond&Q (Daniel&Ben) you able see they are sweetest couple like Bond&Vesper cause of the sarcastic jokes which they always burn each other. ☺️☺️
How about you go and create your own gay secret spy guy, and leave Bond as intended.
If it doesn’t matter about james bond sexually then why would you like him to be gay...
Fleming wrote bond to be what he is. Source material, is source material. I don’t care if someone’s gay in real life, but on the screen I don’t want to see Bond kissing guys, because he wasn’t written to be that. I don’t need to see him played by a woman either. Enough with this PC stuff. If you want to see stuff like that, then movie producers and writers need to pen scrips, not ruin a very British character that’s ingrained into everybody’s childhood in England. They need to reboot the entire series with all new cast cast members now. Otherwise Craig’s final film won’t make sense.
Erm, how much of the film Bond would happen to be source material, just to hazard a point?
@@JayDragonarcProductions For starters, the womanizing.
Great actor, remember "Parfume"? why not a woman? i have the impression that 007 is a number indicating the rank and the range of skills of an agent not the sex....
Wasn't this actor in the movie "Perfume"?
Yes.
@@kaigomez87 thanks so much.
@@tomsperduti2967 Yes, and he was absolutely awesome in it. It's one of his first movies I watched and was absolutely mesmerized by him. Such a good movie and performance, recommend people watch it.
As for the topic of the video: Ben's gay and he does an absolutely phenomenal job as agent Q. If the actor is right for the role then they are right for the role, the rest doesn't matter. Just like if a straight guy plays a gay character, if they are right for the role then that's all that matters.
@@husman2007 absolutely.
Why does the sexuality of the actor matter? Does being ‘out’ matter? Really just asking? Please enlighten me someone. We live in A world where The great ( and I mean great) Russel T. Davies suggests a straight man cannot play a gay character. An acting professional where, increasingly, casting directors require that only someone of a particular regional background can play someone from that area. Does this go the other way? Can a gay man play a straight man and vise versa? Can a rich entitled person play a pauper but a pauper not play the opposite? If he or she or they can afford drama school! I am intrigued as to what the feeling about this is worldwide. It seems in acting as in writing, artists and creators are being asked to narrow their Vision to only what they are. That kills art, creativity and imagination. Surely? Any thoughts?
I think you should differientiate certain life experiences from others. Cis people really can't understand what's it like to be a trans person. In a way it's the same way with sexuality, because it is such a personal experience taht is hard tot fully comprehend/unnderstand if you haven't gone through it. Plus being poor is actually something in my opinion you can understand if you educate yourself on the subject. But people tend to have a lot of different opinions/take on this, so this is just my perspective as a bisexual cis-man. With regards to bond, i think writing unique stories with new characters that are bisexual is better than just changing exsisting characters their identity for the sake of representation. Bond is fine where he is. But a bi or a trans person playing bond is fine with me, as long as the actor can take on the role. Disclaimer: Not saying or claiming what i'm is the truth, just my view on this topic.
@@DarthOpinion understood. As a trained actor (now a writer) I have experience of working with people of all shapes, sizes, genders, sexualities and so on. All of which is as it should be. And rich and rewarding to all. But a world where the opportunity to express yourself and be creative becomes shrunk by a ‘ you can’t play that’ sensibility, is not fun for artists, writers and an creative people. It’s something I and many other are struggling with. I have yet to form a full on opinion about it but it’s great to have a reply that is intelligent and sensitive. Some people just shout. All in all diversity and inclusion should be paramount, exclusion makes me nervous. That is not to say there should not be some sensitive exceptions.
@@TheAJW50 Appreciate it dude, i hear what you're saying. Food for thought.
I love Ben and his performance in the Bond series and in Layer Cake! But please, it’s ONE character who was IDENTIFIED in the 1960s and is a national treasure that should not be tampered with. The world has gone mad. 😫
but he is talking about the actor, not the character. it wouldn't matter either way. and may i remind you, it is implied that bond has had sexual experiences with men during skyfall, even if it was for comedic or bluffing purposes.
@@arijeanz Very true. Apologies, I see what you and Ben mean.
When did Qs sexuality ever become a factor in Bond?!
Just get Ben Whishaw to do it
Ben is an icon!
I think he's a brilliant q and ia great actor but the core characteristics of bond is that hes a womaniser and if they make him gay its not bond if they want to make a gay spie make a spie movie with a gay lead dont ruin bond with making it woke
well having a gay actor portray him wouldn´t make the character gay?
Gay Bond would be interesting
James Bond is not gay though.The actor could be homosexual but the character be straight.
Q' should be promoted to the field and given 007 status.
I think we should especially come back to a real James Bond. In my opinion D.Craig is not good for the role. He looks like a soldier. James Bond is not that. He is a handsome and classy man with a caustic humor.
Danile Craig is the closest to the book. People mistake the movies as the basis of Bond. Craig is like the book version more than why others
Love Ben❤
Why though?
Would be more accurate to the real MI5.MI6. If Le Carre was alive he would tell you
I think he looks and sounds his age. I feel like we compare really bad looking old people to someone who looks good for their age and then think that person looks way younger.
I thought Q and Moneypenny we're both slightly less as good as they were in the previous 2 films
If it doesn't matter than why in the hell does he even want to see a gay actor play that part then? Clearly it does matter to him 😂. Only issue I could see fans having is if they changed the 007 character to a gay man
Love your screen name.
@mr Han Man What's the difference? 😂
@mr Han Man It's the same difference bro. You know damn good and well he'd love to see a gay man play 007. That's his point. Peace
@mr Han Man I don't know where you've been the last few years but anything that's gay is praised today. Gay movies always win awards and openly gay actors ALWAYS get critically acclaimed for their performances. ALWAYS. So I don't know what sh!tstorm he thinks is going to come of this if it were to happen. And sh!tstorm is a funny choice of words to use when talking about gay men don't you think? 😂. Anyway, believe whatever you want. Peace
@mr Han Man Man stop it lol. Weirdo
Bit of a click baity title, but yes, a gay actor could certainly play Bond. I'm sure there'd be minor 'controversy' if an out gay actor were cast... going from the comments here (from a lot of people who clearly haven't watched the video) there'd be a lot of 'James Bond is straight' types before producers would pointlessly have to state that the character of Bond will in fact stay heterosexual, and that the actor's sexuality isn't the same as the character's he's playing.
This PC shit is fucking up everything
Honestly, I would be fine with that. If fans are so "Desperately scared" it will ruin the franchise of 007, just let there be another side agent with 007; Just to add a different twist to the story. Eg. 005, 006, etc. That can be a option.
luke evans
Gay guy plays paddington
You can't have a homosexual BOND. That would be absurd. This is a proper mans role.
How about Mathew Goode?
So he would also like to see nobody watch this movie?
No Ben, it would NOT!
Actor can be gay, no problem with that, but Bond is straight. His sexuality is a major part of his character and I believe it would be disrespectful to Flemings original work if you were to change such a major characteristic. But as said, the actor himself can be openly gay and I'd have no problem with it.
You do know your sexual preference is something you don't have to shout out to everyone. Gay men like Ian McKellen, Luke Evans and Zachary Quinto all have played fantastic roles and nobody cared they were gay. Maybe actors need to act more like normal people again? Your sexuality is not a (dis)qualification its your acting skills that matter.
It's obvious that those people are gay, though.
James Bond is a testosterone filled guy, something gay people don't even know what is.
@@OriginalPuro their sexual preference was only known to the public after they spoke about it. All three actors I mentioned have played some pretty manly roles.
You also seem to have a very stereotypical view about homosexuals.
@@StefanS-ig2rm lol none of them was the lead character in a movie
@@kstephane1444 lol yes they have been. Also whats your point?
@@StefanS-ig2rm any example ?
Timothy Dalton.
*! **#RuPaul** X*
but bond is a person. hes a character.
NO NO NO !!!
That would make no sense.
James Bond is a straight British white guy, it's just that simple.
I think he meant if the actor was gay. If the actor was gay, and looked like Bond, gets buffed and is willing to the rigours training then why not?. If the gay actor were to play bond, as straight, then there shouldn't be a problem. Hes just gay outside the movie. Many lesbain women play straight women in movies. Many gay men play straight men. And straight men and women play gay characters. It happens all the time. If a gay, white male auditioned and plays Bond as the suave Bond, who gets all the cars, gadgets, women and some how doesn't die at the end, then why not?
Bond is a womaniser. That is the character.
And? You’re point?
@@Bdawg9891 thought it was a pretty reasonable point
What has that got to do with a gay actor playing the role? There have been plenty, if not most, gay roles that have been played by straight actors. If they are good at acting then that should be enough…
@@Howtobeabeast why do they have to be gay? Just to tick a box? There are plenty of straight actors.
@@Hero_Of_Old I could also add why should bond be written any other way than how he is described in the source material - you change that you change the audience - again just to tick boxes - you start ticking boxes you lose the essence of the character completely and entertainment goes down the toilet.
‘. . . and it would be really thrilling if it didn’t matter about someone’s sexuality to take on a role like this’. Proceeds to advocate for an ‘openly gay’ actor to take over the role. _FFS_ . . . 🙄
If it "doesn't matter" how about we just leave Mr. Bond as he is?
James bond gonna bust slob with goldfinger
So he's really gay?
Yes! he's married
FFS why not the best person for the job.. Stop placing prerequisites into the casting. Haha well as long as he's a straight white red blooded male 😂😉😆
this assumes the "best person for the job" is always getting cast / would include any variety of actors straight / lgbt+ for example, however we know the existing stigmas around lgbt+ actors means they won't get cast in specific roles because of the preexisting stigma. Ignoring these potential actors, means the "best person for the job" would probably never happen, because this means you've excluded a huge swathe of could be actors, due to their role, sexuality, etc.
essentially, "best person for the job" isn't the reality, that's why opening up casting options would only help find new incredibly talented individuals which is what whishaw is talking about.
@@retroremo he's box ticking. Simply that. Fleming wrote bonds character as a red blooded male. A good actor can play any part that has been proven time after time. However the actual character is always in the audience's mind. The notion of someone who isn't straight playing bond falls down. Bond has been around for over 50 years and he was created being a ladies man. If we were watching a non straight actor kiss/romance a woman it wouldn't work cus the audience can see through this. It makes it unbelievable.
I loved Whishaw's performance as Q until seeing this latest film. He wasn't playing Q, he was playing himself. It served no point whatsoever in making Q gay. I'm gay myself, but I despise when a known character is made gay just for the sake of it. Make a point of it, or do it to improve the story somehow. Otherwise, just leave well enough alone, or keep things ambiguous. We don't need pandering to just for the sake of it.
I haven't watched this movie yet, but it would be ironic to note that making the Q character gay defeats the whole wanting to have a gay man play Bond! It also makes my point of how gay characters are getting thrown in our face now! I also didn't know this actor was gay until it was made a headline, because his character in the previous Bond movie or any of the others never really got into the character's personal life, which is also how it should have stayed! Q is supposed to be the gadget guy & nothing else besides comic relief as the previous actors have portrayed him!
Can we please just talk about the film. Stop with this nonsense
I got a crush on a 40 y/o gay man. Fml 🤣
The less I know about these actors and their opinions the better...
To be honest I don't care. Are they good for the role? That is literally all that matters.
"I think it would be really thrilling" if you would focus on merit for once. To hell with this PC bull.
I’ve no problem with a gay actor playing Bond. Just don’t make him a camp pansy. Luke Evans would be a good choice. He’s gay but plays a straight guy as good as a straight guy can.
Bigot
cool but just make a new character
Actors are paid to act. I couldn't care less what their sexuality is. And that is precisely what Ben is alluding to.
可哀想
仕事のためとはいえ思ってもないこと言わなきゃいけないなんて
It's a fantasy movie let's keep this indentity politics out of it.
You think the woke lefty limp wrists would ever do that?
So here we go the huge media cogs start turning to implement the process to ruin the James Bond character by every which way they can think of...if it happens well I won't be watching.
why .. Jim parison played Sheldon Cooper in Big Bang theory and Sheldon feel in love with Amy the actors life as a gay man did not influence the character at all what is the issue to the film yes it will be amazing for media and LGBTQ community but the actual bond movie it wouldn't affect it at all what's your issue
@@luciesmith2706 Very bad example, when at that point everyone knew Jim Parsons is gay! Given the type of character he played, no one could really have bought into the idea he could be remotely romantic as it was! From my point of view the Sheldon & Amy romance was a running joke in more ways than one!
Cue trailer voice: “In a world where the actor playing Q is the hottest person in the movie…”
How about we just get the best actor for the job instead of trying to tick a PC box.
Please no
Bond is dead though?????
Ok so let me get this right... This is the guy that only wants gay actors to play gay parts but now he wants a gay actor to play an alpha male role? Stick to acting please and leave the gender politics alone please
Notice you didn't say "straight"?
And no he didn't say that you effing mong. Listen to the effing video AGAIN.
@@Rage_Harder_Then_Relax wow! Mong? Very pc you are a little random with your equality politics
It might be "thrilling" for, no skin in the game, Ben Whishaw to hope for a gay James Bond but most would assume the owners and principal investors in the franchise have no interest in neutering their prizewinning racehorse. What should be clear is that if the next Bond character is gay, most folks won't bother watching, much less read about it.
No fucking no
That ain't happening.
But bond is a ladys man.... making 007 gay wouldn't make any sense
No thank you, Ben.
Gapp lavdya
No... really not. James Bons has always been a heterosexual man according to Ian Flemming, not a women hairdresser.
👍 Yes!
Daniel Craig will never be topped a James Bond
I’m fakn girls at age of 5 excuse me who is gay ? Bring your gf for prove
The gay scene was unnecessary period!!! Nobody cares 😴 that should have been a deleted scene!!! 🤣