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Alias(es)
R (initially), Q(promoted)
Hair
Grey, short with mustache
Occupation
Quartermaster (promoted),
Lab Assistant (initially)
- R: "And you might be...?"
- Q: "This is 007."
- James Bond: "If you're Q, does that make him R?"
- ―Dialogue between R, Q and James Bond.[src]
R was a fictional technician and quartermaster employed by the British Secret Intelligence Service's (SIS/MI6) research and development division, Q Branch. The character first appeared as Q's assistant in the 1999James Bond film The World Is Not Enough. His character became the new Q in Die Another Day (2002) and made his final appearance in the subsequent video-game Everything or Nothing (2003). He was portrayed by British actor John Cleese.
Biography[]
The World Is Not Enough (film)[]
When 007 sabotaged Q's fishing boat and wounded himself, Q decided he has had enough and wanted to retire (probably to run away from 007). Q soon opened a secret 8-ball table hatch to reveal R, working on a BMW Z8 and when he saw he was being summoned, he tried to move to Q and 007 but never noticed that he had his lab coat stuck in the BMW's door until Bond opened it and R asked for his name when Q introduced Bond to R, 007 soon joked "If you're
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There he spoke about his recent film roles, especially taking over as Q in the James Bond series.
"I could never understand why they passed me over for [the lead role of James] Bond, but they did," he said. "Movie after movie they came up with old grandfathers like Roger Moore when they wanted people who were dynamic and sexy like me." He thought of trying to become a Bond villain, but the villains never last more than one movie. "So when they said, 'Would you like to be Q's assistant R?' I couldn't have been more pleased."
The offer came because Cleese's current wife is friends with the producers of the Bond series. He played Q's assistant in The World Is Not Enough. "We agreed [Desmond Llewelyn] would go on being Q until he was 100, at which point I would be 80." Then Llewelyn, who had played the gadget master Q since 1963, died in a car accident. Cleese took over the role of Q for the next film, Die Another Day, and will be in the as-yet-untitled 21st Bond film.
He helps to write his own part. "They are very, very happy to let me play a bit with the script," he said. "So that an
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John Cleese
English comic and someone (born 1939)
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| Born | John Marwood Cleese (1939-10-27) 27 Oct 1939 (age 85) Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England |
| Alma mater | Downing College, Cambridge |
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| Years active | 1961–present |
| Spouses | Connie Booth (m. 1968; div. 1978)Barbara Trentham (m. 1981; div. 1990)Alyce Eichelberger (m. 1992; div. 2008)Jennifer Wade (m. 2012) |
| Children | 2 |
| Website | johncleese.com |
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