Ben Whishaw in the running for role in 'Robopocalypse'

The 31 year old thespian actor Ben Whishaw is top of the casting list for Steven Spielberg's upcoming "Robopocalypse".

Whishaw finished filming for the 23rd James Bond adventure, "Skyfall" earlier this year and it has been confirmed by press release and by the online trailers that the young actor will play "Q" - MI6's Quartermaster - opposite Daniel Craig's James Bond.



Also on the casting shortlist is Chris Hemsworth and Anne Hathaway. Sources tell Variety that Whishaw is top of the list to play a "hacker named Lurker".

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