Roger Moore "appalled" by New Bond Films

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Moore always seemed like a nice guy. One of my friends is a big fan of his (some sort of retro thing apparently) has an old biography of Moore where it was revealed that his first wife took him to court because he wasn't fulfilling his "husbandly obligations" in the bedroom.

I imagine the laws are different now - but its pretty hilarious that (back then) you could take your spouse to court because they wouldn't have sex with you.

Wouldn't it be easier to simply have an affair than tell the whole world your husband is not giving it to you? If I remember correctly, the same thing or something similar to it was said when Billy Joel and Christie Brinkley were divorced.

Diana

I think that's pretty much what happened - which is why the wife took Moore to court for not fulfilling his obligations as a husband.

[almaty 19]

Movie audiences nowadays expect scenes of graphic violence in James Bond movies, unlike when Roger Moore played the super spy with a tongue-in-cheek humor, the actor believes.

"I am happy to have done it, but I'm sad that it has turned so violent," Moore said before "Quantum of Solace," starring Daniel Craig as a darker Agent 007, opens in North America on Friday.

"That's keeping up with the times, it's what cinema-goers seem to want and it's proved by the box-office figures," Moore told Reuters in an interview about his memoir, "My Word is My Bond."

The new Bond film opened in London on Oct 31, breaking the British weekend box-office record with a gross of $25 million. It has taken in more than $106 million worldwide so far.

Moore, 81, recalled being appalled at the violence in "A View to a Kill," the 1985 movie which was the last of the seven in which he played Bond. "That wasn't Bond," he said.

In his book, Moore writes of his distaste for guns, ever since he was shot in the leg by a friend with a BB gun as a teenager.

While making "The Man With the Golden Gun," director Guy Hamilton wanted Bond to be tougher and had him threaten to break Maud Adams' character's arm to get information, he writes. "That sort of characterization didn't sit well with me, but Guy was keen to make my Bond a little more ruthless.

"I suggested my Bond would have charmed the information out of her by bedding her first. My Bond was a lover and a giggler, but I went along with Guy," the British actor wrote.

Moore has not yet seen "Quantum of Solace," but based on Craig's first Bond film, "Casino Royale," believes it will be a success in North America too.

"Daniel has done one Bond and he was in 'Munich' and ... he's done a lot of stuff, but his face, after one Bond film, that's all he needs. He is Bond."

Asked about his own legacy as an actor known mostly for playing Bond and in TV series such as "The Saint," and "The Persuaders," with Tony Curtis, Moore said: "I would love to be remembered as one of the greatest Lears or Hamlets. But as that's not going to happen I'm quite happy I did Bond."

His memoir is full of anecdotes about Hollywood and the stars he worked with such as Vivien Leigh, Mae West and Lana Turner. He also tells of his bust-up with Grace Jones during the filming of "A View to a Kill," when he forcibly pulled the plug on her stereo and flung a chair against the wall because she was playing loud rock music.

The only child of a south London policeman, Moore also writes about growing up before and during World War Two, of evacuation to the country and air raids and getting -- and being fired from -- his first job with a cartoon film company.

By the time he was called up, the war was over, but he served as an officer in Allied occupied Germany, where he ended up in the Army's entertainment regiment.

That was his entree into show business, along with his marriage to British singer Dorothy Squires.

"You're not that good, so smile a lot when you come on!" his first repertory theater manager told him. His first wife, who was a professional ice skater, was no less encouraging: "You'll never be an actor, your face is too weak, your jaw is too big and your mouth's too small."

http://movies.yahoo.com/mv/news/va/2008111...2643635200.html

STFU, grandpa!

[Welshcookie 17]

Roger Moore's Bond was slimy and smarmy and so NOT sexy. Ugh.

I grew up with Moore so I don't hate him - but I think his films are the most dated in the series. He took it too far too. In View To A Kill (surely one of the worst Bond movies ever) he was just too old and creaky to pass himself off as Bond. When they have to use stuntmen to do stand-in work during the fist-fights it had to be obvious that Moore really couldn't hack it anymore. Even Patrick MacNee looked more energetic than he did.

I never got how women found Moore's Bond to be sexy - somehow they just swooned into his arms, and especially in his later movies where he looked old enough to be the uncle of those girls it was just plain creepy.

Plus his head's a funny shape!

And that weird eyebrow thing!

[KiKi 0]

Saw "Quantum of Solace" last night.

Didn't like it as much as "Casino Roayle" but still good.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Roger Moore's Bond was slimy and smarmy and so NOT sexy. Ugh.

I grew up with Moore so I don't hate him - but I think his films are the most dated in the series. He took it too far too. In View To A Kill (surely one of the worst Bond movies ever) he was just too old and creaky to pass himself off as Bond. When they have to use stuntmen to do stand-in work during the fist-fights it had to be obvious that Moore really couldn't hack it anymore. Even Patrick MacNee looked more energetic than he did.

I never got how women found Moore's Bond to be sexy - somehow they just swooned into his arms, and especially in his later movies where he looked old enough to be the uncle of those girls it was just plain creepy.

Plus his head's a funny shape!

And that weird eyebrow thing!

Come on that is a pretty good skill.

Only he and Leonard Nimoy can do it

[mawilson 2,133]

In his book, Moore writes of his distaste for guns, ever since he was shot in the leg by a friend with a BB gun as a teenager.

BB gun? What a wimp! LOL

[Amby 490]

I've never seen any of the Bond films. They all look ####### to me

In his book, Moore writes of his distaste for guns, ever since he was shot in the leg by a friend with a BB gun as a teenager.

BB gun? What a wimp! LOL

HEY!!!!! I was shot in the head and the leg with a BB gun when I was little and I'm sooooooo not wimpy! I haven't developed a distaste for guns.

[mawilson 2,133]

I've never seen any of the Bond films. They all look ####### to me

In his book, Moore writes of his distaste for guns, ever since he was shot in the leg by a friend with a BB gun as a teenager.

BB gun? What a wimp! LOL

HEY!!!!! I was shot in the head and the leg with a BB gun when I was little and I'm sooooooo not wimpy! I haven't developed a distaste for guns.

Ahhh. That explains so much...

[Amby 490]

I've never seen any of the Bond films. They all look ####### to me

In his book, Moore writes of his distaste for guns, ever since he was shot in the leg by a friend with a BB gun as a teenager.

BB gun? What a wimp! LOL

HEY!!!!! I was shot in the head and the leg with a BB gun when I was little and I'm sooooooo not wimpy! I haven't developed a distaste for guns.

Ahhh. That explains so much...

[Ban Hammer 13,352]

I've never seen any of the Bond films. They all look ####### to me

In his book, Moore writes of his distaste for guns, ever since he was shot in the leg by a friend with a BB gun as a teenager.

BB gun? What a wimp! LOL

HEY!!!!! I was shot in the head and the leg with a BB gun when I was little and I'm sooooooo not wimpy! I haven't developed a distaste for guns.

i've been shot by both a bb gun and a shotgun.

[Amby 490]

I've never seen any of the Bond films. They all look ####### to me

In his book, Moore writes of his distaste for guns, ever since he was shot in the leg by a friend with a BB gun as a teenager.

BB gun? What a wimp! LOL

HEY!!!!! I was shot in the head and the leg with a BB gun when I was little and I'm sooooooo not wimpy! I haven't developed a distaste for guns.

i've been shot by both a bb gun and a shotgun.

never been hit with a shotgun but I was shot with a frozen paintball in the thigh!

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

I shot someone in the leg with an air rifle when I was a kid. Some real damage can result from those - depending whether you use those pellets or the darts.

Edited November 12, 2008 by Paul Daniels

[Chica Yeyé 41]

not a big fan of Moore's Bond movies.. but, way better than the other tools, Lazenby and Dalton..

WORD

The one and only Sir Sean Connery would beg to differ.

[Ban Hammer 13,352]

not a big fan of Moore's Bond movies.. but, way better than the other tools, Lazenby and Dalton..

WORD

The one and only Sir Sean Connery would beg to differ.

sean connery makes any movie worth watching.

[Chica Yeyé 41]

not a big fan of Moore's Bond movies.. but, way better than the other tools, Lazenby and Dalton..

WORD

The one and only Sir Sean Connery would beg to differ.

sean connery makes any movie worth watching.

wise words