It's not much more to go on, but it definitely shows that there was an attempt made to broaden Q's backstory. Image via Netflix Director: Luke Snellin Writers: Laura Solon, Victoria Strouse, Kay Cannon Cast: Isabela Merced, Shameik Moore, Kiernan Shipka, Odeya Rush, Liv Hewson Let It Snow is a teen rom-com. While reviewing the footage from Primo’s eye camera in one moment, a tuxedoed James Bond shows up and prompts the young quartermaster to admire his colleague’s good looks with another line of dialogue. And it is what it is.īesides his hastily cancelled dinner plans, No Time To Die does have another small moment that could be construed as showing Q’s openly gay status in the 007 saga. I thought a lot about whether I should question it. Maybe on another kind of project I would have done? But it’s a very big machine. For whatever reason, I didn’t pick it apart with anybody on the film. I think I thought, ‘Are we doing this, and then doing nothing with it?’ I remember, perhaps, feeling that was unsatisfying. Noticing the brevity himself, Ben Whishaw laid out the following story about his reaction, and ultimately his acceptance, of the moment as is: He’s not wrong, as the most that the audience is given to confirm Q’s dating life is a slight mention of an unnamed man who’s supposed to show up for dinner, just as Bond and Moneypenny crash the party to request his help. During an interview with The Guardian, the actor who was introduced into the Bond franchise in 2012’s Skyfall unpacked the moment as more of a footnote than a major revelation.