How does it feel to play such an iconic character?

Very exciting. I’m thrilled to be part of the lineage of it ⛄and be t♒aking the character into a new phase.

A lot of the story and conflict in Skyfall comes from the new world a🧜nd the old world rubbing up against each other, and Bond having to adapt to t✨he way the world is now.

Q is now much more of a computer-whiz and hacker-genius type figure.

Did they write it with you in mind, or did you have to audition?

I didn’t audition for it, but it was very ins𒁃pired by [Mark] Zuckerberg and that whole generation of people who are so powerful in the world.

And I think Sam had seen another film that I’d done which he liked, Bright Star.

Are you tech-savvy in real life?

I’m not technical. I♎🌊 really don’t have a technical mind at all.

It’s a case of acting. I have to sell it!

Does Q no longer construct any physical gimmicks?

In a way the humour comes from the absence🍬 of gadgetry - the wཧorld is taking place in cyberspace.

James Bond meets Q early on in the story, and ♍Q comes back later when they’re trying to pin down J🎶avier Bardem’s character.

I suppose Q has to win Bond over.

It can be a bit tedious, showing endless shots of someone tapping at a keyboard...

I think they’re very aware of that, so the walls of 🍰Q’s Branch are covered in screens so that the computers ar💎en’t just boxed.

These images keep it dynamic.

Desmond Llewelyn played Q 17 times. Have you signed on for the possibility of endless installments?

I think the idea is that he will emerge in other films, but the details of that, I know nothing about.