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Posted: 09-02-2009 16:34:45 Post subject: Judi Dench wants the old team back

Dame Judi Dench wants the old team back on James Bond

source ; telegraph.co.uk

The 74 year-old tells Mandrake that she would ideally cast John Cleese and Samantha Bond in their former roles to add some light relief to the franchise.

"That would be good if it was thought right to bring back those characters," she says. "Wouldn't it be Samantha Bond as Miss Moneypenny and John Cleese as Q. Who else?"

When asked if she plans to reprise her role as M she said: "You bet. As M you get to treat this powerful man very, very badly."

Craig, who has brought renewed menace to the Bond character, said recently: "We can do anything with the next film and, if we want to bring back Miss Moneypenny and Q then we can."

Samantha Bond played Miss Moneypenny to Pierce Brosnan's James Bond from 1995 to 2002 in Golden Eye, Tomorrow Never Dies, The World is Not Enough and Die Another Day.

John Cleese also appeared in The World is Not Enough as Q's assistant, nicknamed R by Bond, and then as Q in Die Another Day.

Desmond Llewellyn, the original Q, died in 1999 and appeared in 17 Bond films and worked with the first five Bond actors.