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Miscellaneous / Verschiedenes » alt.fan.james-bond » TORONTO STAR: Moore approves of the new 007
| TORONTO STAR: Moore approves of the new 007 [message #218877] |
Mi, 08 Februar 2006 08:34 |
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He'll always be known for playing Bond. But shaken, not stirred? He
never said it, says Roger Moore
Feb. 8, 2006. 01:00 AM
PETER HOWELL
MOVIE CRITIC
Considering how many times Sir Roger Moore has been asked if he wants
his martini "shaken, not stirred" since his days playing Bond, James
Bond, it's a wonder he manages to keep smiling about it.
Especially since not once in the seven 007 films he made, from Live and
Let Die in 1973 to A View to a Kill in 1985, did he make the famous
refreshment demand.
"It amuses me because I never said it," Moore, 78, chuckles on the line
from his winter home in snow-topped Crans-Montana, Switzerland.
"The `martini shaken not stirred' was Sean (Connery). Bartenders and
leading ladies knew that I liked them that way, but I never said it."
Ever the good sport - and he was the most good-humoured of Bonds -
Moore has provided his favourite martini recipe to his friend Hilary
Saltzman, the daughter of the late Harry Saltzman, the Canadian
producer who brought Ian Fleming's secret agent 007 to the screen with
co-producer Albert "Cubby" Broccoli. (See page F1 for the recipe; note
that it's made with gin, not Connery's preferred vodka.)
Moore's martinis will be served at cocktail parties during Vue sur Bond
007, a three-day film and music celebration in Quebec City Feb. 24 to
26 that Moore will attend. (Details are online at
http://www.vuesurbond007.com). He'll also make a Toronto stopover a day
earlier for an event honouring UNICEF, the children's charity he
strongly supports.
Vue sur Bond 007 has the multiple goals of raising funds for UNICEF and
a Quebec cultural event known as the 3 Americas Film Festival. It will
also salute Harry Saltzman, who was born in Quebec.
Other Bond guests scheduled for the event include Dame Shirley Bassey,
the siren of several 007 theme songs; Richard "Jaws" Kiel, Moore's
razor-toothed nemesis in The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker; Britt
Eklund, Bond girl in The Man with the Golden Gun; and Guy Hamilton,
director of four 007 films, two with Connery and two with Moore.
It's been 21 years and three 007s - if you include new hire Daniel
Craig - since Moore last saved the world. The father of three is now
also a grandfather three times over.
But the world still calls him James Bond, or even Commander Bond, as
the British military men Moore skied with the night before this
interview insisted on doing.
"Oh, sure you always get referred to as Bond," he says. "So does Sean
Connery and everybody else. You're always given a label. They always
give the age, as well.
"It's better than being known as a bank robber, although I'd say that
playing Bond is sort of like being a bank robber."
The 21st official James Bond movie, a remake of Casino Royale, is
currently being filmed in Prague with new blond Bond Craig brandishing
the Walther PPK revolver. Moore is as keen as anyone else to see how
Craig will do, and he doesn't buy any of the negative press criticizing
the casting or doubting the viability of the 44-year-old film
franchise.
"Of course it still has life left in it!" Moore roars.
"I think they've made a very wise move with Daniel Craig. I wrote to
(producer) Barbara Broccoli and told her so. He's been treated so
unfairly, Daniel Craig, by the British press in particular. The English
press have a great suspicion of something new. They set out to attack
the poor bugger.
"Even when you finish being Bond, they still go on. Every other article
I read says, `Well the best Bond of course was Sean and Roger Moore
really screwed it up.' But anyway, I got paid!"
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`Every other article I read says, ``Well the best Bond of course was
Sean and Roger Moore really screwed it up.'' But anyway, I got paid!'
--Roger Moore
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Moore also doesn't subscribe to the media theory that the lack of
confirmed casting of a Bond girl and a villain for Casino Royale,
before the start of filming last week, indicates the fading appeal of
the 007 series. "Well, they always do that. It's par for the course.
They usually have a script, and the script is really more or less an
outline, and then they go off and find the locations and set what sort
of stunts they're going to have. And then they'd get around to casting
the leading lady ..."
Most Bond watchers agree that the original film version of Casino
Royale, a 1967 parody made outside of the Saltzman/Broccoli family
starring David Niven as the unlikely spy guy, doesn't do justice to the
franchise.
Moore is all in favour of the remake, and he's also intrigued by talk
it will be a darker take on Bond, more in keeping with the original
vision sketched by author Fleming.
"I haven't seen too much of the (007 movies) that I was not in, so I
don't know how light or dark they went. If I believe what I read, then
the seven that I did were much too light and I was all sort of
tongue-in-cheek, so maybe they do want a more serious Bond. But of
course, I think I was wonderful."
He has some sympathy for Pierce Brosnan, who played 007 in four films
over the past decade. He was abruptly let go last year when his
contract expired.
"Sympathy in the sense that it's not good to be turned down in public,"
Moore says.
"You know, rejected. But as an actor, you've got to get used to
rejection. It happens every day."
Does he know why Brosnan was booted? There are differing versions of
the official story.
"Yeah, I do know some of the inner politics, which I'm not going to go
into. But I guess he was sort of fairly p-o'ed - he had at least
another two in him.
"But anyway, he's got his revenge. Have you seen him in The Matador (a
movie comedy about an aging hit man)? It's terrific. It was great. I
thought, `Wow, good for you, Pierce!'"
Moore's continuing interest in all things 007 is somewhat surprising,
since he's seen just one of the six James Bond films made since he left
the beat in 1985. That was Die Another Day, the 2002 movie that proved
to be Brosnan's swan song.
"I wasn't really that curious about them. It's gone, and it has nothing
to do with you after that. I've seen snippets of the others that have
been on television when I've been passing by. At first I made a point
of not seeing them for the simple reason that I knew that somebody
would ask me, `What did you think of it?' And being the truthful
schmuck that I am, I'd probably say it was terrible!"
He finally relented and saw Die Another Day. He was impressed by
Brosnan, but little else.
"I think Pierce was very good. I thought the movie itself was just a
little too confused in its action sequences. Invisible cars really
don't make sense. That's stretching it a little bit. Q (the Bond gadget
man) was never that dumb."
The only thing you really need to play Bond, Moore believes, is a sense
of humour, though he's often been damned for having one.
"Whether you're playing it straight or not, you've still got to have a
sense of humour. I think humour is one of the most important elements
that we can have in life. If we can't step back and laugh at ourselves,
then we're pretty miserable."
You can raise a Moore martini to that thought.
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| Re: TORONTO STAR: Moore approves of the new 007 [message #218905 ] |
Do, 09 Februar 2006 03:18 |
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"JHause" <JHause [at] aol.com> wrote in message
news:1139384047.456257.158110 [at] z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
> The 21st official James Bond movie, a remake of Casino Royale, is
> currently being filmed in Prague with new blond Bond Craig brandishing
> the Walther PPK revolver. Moore is as keen as anyone else to see how
> Craig will do, and he doesn't buy any of the negative press criticizing
> the casting or doubting the viability of the 44-year-old film
> franchise.
A "Walther PPK revolver!" What, is this guy on drugs? Never mind that 007
uses a P-99 now, the only revolvers Bond ever used was the Smith and Wesson
Model 29 .44 Magnum in LALD and the Webley in YOLT. The PPK is very much a
semi-automatic and NOT a revolver. Don't these moron reporters or their
editors EVER fact check anything?
Draugnar
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