Ben Whishaw Takes On Bond in ‘Skyfall’ and ‘Newsroom’ in ‘The Hour’

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Jace Lacob on the dynamic range of British actor Ben Whishaw, back on TV tonight with ‘The Hour’ Season 2.

Published Nov. 28 2012 4:45AM EST

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Or rather, you should know precisely who the British actor is, even if he isn’t yet a household name. You may have seen him as doomed poet John Keats in 2009’s Bright Star or as doomed playboy Sebastian Flyte in the remake of Evelyn Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited....

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Ben Whishaw Takes On Bond in ‘Skyfall’ and ‘Newsroom’ in ‘The Hour’

Jace Lacob on the dynamic range of British actor Ben Whishaw, back on TV tonight with ‘The Hour’ Season 2.

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