1977: ROGER MOORE on The Spy Who Loved Me | Ask Aspel | Classic Celebrity Interview | BBC Archive 

He's not my favourite Bond, but he's definitely the Bond I'd most like to have a drink with off-screen. Connery was apparently nice to the fans but hated talking about his Bond days, and Craig is by all accounts (I've met his daughter's teacher, his tailor and his maid on separate occasions) a miserable bugger who doesn't like any questions about his roles or fans talking to him in general (the maid I knew served him for 2 weeks, and at the end of it asked if she could just have a quick selfie with him and was rudely declined). Can't say anything about the other three, they always seem nice enough in interviews, but- Brosnan aside- they're not exactly iconic Bond performers anyway, so for a Bond fan like myself the conversation would hardly be as interesting anyway🤷‍♂️

The first bond premiere I went to, was brosnons last stint. What a night. The after show party in Kensington Gardens was amazing.

​@@0000deerthe last brosnan flick dealt with the north korean stuff and co-starred the black chick right?

@@user-kx1xk6sf8x yes

Wish he was too, incredibly funny character, talented and a complete gentlemen

Plus the most kindest actor ever! Richard Kiel and Vijay said Moore was so kind and humble! We don't see this class anymore.

Rob G And you base your knowledge all on an interview? I would not count on your unreliable judgement for anything.

@cliff heywood Full of crap...

@cliff heywood Even Tarzan speaks better that you!

@@redblade8160 chip on your shoulder? Did get any Saturday night? Low self esteem?

Why were shirt collars so big in the 1970s? They looked awful!

Same to you, Calvin!

Couldn’t have put it better myself Calvin! Have I seen you somewhere before… 😂

Yo calvin wassup

So self deprecating. Love Rog!

Absolutely, all great compliments, from what I have seen. How many famous celebrities can claim that these days? 🤔

@@SawItComingNotAww, let me see …Puff Daddy? how about Kanye?

@@AFMMarcelD What the hell are you talking about?

Terrible actor

Very good actor.....

Roger’s performance as Bond is probably least faithful to the Fleming source material but he is my fave too. I always saw his Bond as more of a suave Charismatic man of leisure who weaves his social life into his missions and has fun bring a spy. For that version of Bond, it’s hard to imagine any actor other than Roger playing it better.

I salute you John Battalgazi! 😉🇬🇧 I have just read 'A bientot' his last book which I actually found in a phone box in France? I am going to tell myself that as I never got to meet him, this was a gift... from... Let's say the universe. This book is hilarious.

Yes

Me too. Greetings from Perú 😊🤩🤓

Quite true... Those who grew up during the early seventies would vouch this... It was Roger Moore' s Bond all through the seventies upto mid eighties.... He gave seven wonderful movies... Seven gems 👌 It would be unimaginable to picture anybody other than Moore as James Bond.

@@vintubeable I was born in 1972. The first time I saw him as Bond was in Live and Let Die when it was on TV in June 1982 - followed by Spy who loved me later in the year. He became my favourite Bond!

It IS the greatest Bond movie.... period!

One of the most iconic theme songs too

@@user-ve5ln5le9y 💯

@@kadiummusic Agreed

LOL excellent

It comes up with my name to 😛 , Roger was one of the nicest actors in the 60s 70s 80s 👏😊

I have read elsewhere that he had a “funny-looking”walk. Did he lumber?

Built like a brick!? Really? And as for hard as nails... he has stated he hates violence & a producer once commented he was terrified of insects.

@@southlondon86 being ‘hard as bricks’ doesn’t mean one likes or enjoys getting involved in violence. As for being frightened of insects so what, people all have different fears, e.g it’s fairly well known that Jet Li hates the sound of gunfire and guns, and also hates fighting…in real life he treads quite a peaceful path compared to his onscreen persona….and yet many consider him ‘hard as nails’. Definitely not someone, one would want to antagonise lol As the saying goes, it’s the quiet ones you need to look out for, not the thugs beating their chests trying to prove themselves…usually against smaller people / timid people.

@@southlondon86 Hating violence is a commendable thing. Terrified of insects? Many of us have some weakness.

@@Cool2BCeltic I never said it wasn’t commendable. I have read numerous times that he wasn’t tough. I like him a lot, definitely better movies than Craig in my opinion.

THAT'S what it's called!!! Yes, brilliant example of a movie from that time. Probably my favourite Moore film (excluding Live and Let Die, but that's my favourite Jane Seymour film really!)

North Sea Hijack was also a great film. They threw away the mould when they made Sir Roger Moore. A true gentleman, sadly missed.

Roger once commented that the character of Bond was total bollocks, and that is how he potrayed him.

Indeed. Loved the tongue in cheek humour.

And a 2.3 V6 Taunus or mark 4 Cortina lol

@@stevehillier7018 and a set of steel capped teeth.

I'll sell you mine when I decide to sell it :-)

Me too!

I know!

True. The novel The Spy Who Loved Me was not really a Bond novel, as he only appeared in the last couple of chapters. The movie was essentially a remake of Thunderball. Moonraker was also completely re-written. And the Moore Bond movies had a heavier comedic element than the Connery films. Still, I watched and enjoyed them all.

I thought he played the snob/conissuer part of Fleming's Bond perfectly though 👌

It has become a common view that Fleming's Bond was closer to the thuggish side of Sean Connery or even Daniel Craig. I've read all the novels and I disagree. Fleming admitted that his character was a combination of persons he knew, and a bit of himself. Roger Moore's Bond certainly errs on the Ian Fleming side of the character, and is no less genuine.

Yeah,what a piece of music,my father passed away in December and in the hospital I played this music to him,he loved the show,makes me well up every time I hear it.

Yes, great tune. I remember buying the single as a kid. I'll have to get my old records out and see if I still have it.

@@dps8435 Sorry for your loss mate

@@Ridersonthestorm8899 thank you,just makes that incredible piece of music more relevant,always has happy memories,wish I had the talent he had to compose that.

Agreed 100%. The Persuaders was an absolute classic. Shame only 2 series were made as Roger Moore was cast in “Live & Let Die” which put a stop on any future productions.

He trained at RADA - he wouldn't have got in and got through without skill and range. As things turned out he wasn"t required to play a particularly wide variety of roles in his career, but I don't suppose he lost much sleep over that. As you say, what he did he did well. All best!

Superb movie

I always enjoy The Wild Geese. A great cast, and probably my favourite Roger Moore film. He did a great job bringing Sean Flynn to life. The Mafia stuff at the beginning wasn't so good. But "in the field" he was fantastic.

@@BrianRPaterson mad Mike hoare was the military advisor . It showed .

@@BrianRPaterson dark of the sun is also worth seeing 1968.

My fave non bond film

Probably because a lot of them weren’t recorded or the tapes were wiped! Also, some of them are topical in nature!

Nothing says "family friendly" like hopping in the sack with two or three women per film.

@TheMICMusicInspirationChannel Haha yeah. In the early Bond films more was made of Bond the ladies man but there was nothing graphic. Most of those were rated PG and can be seen on TV these days on a Sunday afternoon unedited. The objectification of women is of course another question and those Bond films wouldn't have the same script today and are really anachronistic and are usually viewed as "of their time".

@@paulioannou9675 At least he wasn't some dirty ol' homosexer or some such.

Beautiful man!

Aspel was dreadful. Loved getting the last word in..

Aspel was always a condescending prat.

He cant start a conversation. Roger Moore just delivers the standard answers that he's done before because he certainly cant open up about things with Aspel.

Aspel was just dry. All scripted and no conversation.

Yeah we were too young to realise then. Plus it's the way TV was. Even kids' TV was sometimes brutal when interviewing children