Last night my wife and I cued up The Spy Who Loved Me for
some cheesy retro-bliss. Roger Moore
at 50 was the very definition of “Suave” when we were adolescents in the ‘70s.
He was also a fairly well-behaved chap on-set, apparently. My favourite Roger
Moore anecdote comes courtesy of Cathereine
Seipp, who writes:
Many years ago I read a story about how Roger Moore (a non-screamer) took a younger actor aside and suggested he stop attacking everyone on the set. “I’m not in this business to win a popularity contest,” the screamer fumed. “I just want to be a good actor.”
“Well you’ve failed at being a good actor,” Moore replied reasonably. “Why not try for the popularity contest?”*
Roger Moore: winning popularity contests since forever. |
The Roger Moore Bond films certainly do take their audience for
granted, however. They’re a great way to clear the room of adolescents in the ‘10s.
Ours now had motivation to head for bed. As we settled in, I said to my wife, “If
things go as they should, in 20 years or so our grandchildren will be rolling
their eyes at Daniel Craig.”
*Hm. Someone might
want to forward this bit to Aaron Eckhart.
3 comments:
Boo-yah!
You know it.
So nice to see your lovely tin-washed visage, BTW. I miss yer blog, darlin'.
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