Yep, a shame - a great performance. Made you love the bad guy - particularly when he pops up out of the sea and swims off at the end of The Spy Who Loved Me.
Makes you feel old though to think of Roger Moore playing James Bond.
moore wasn't really young when he played bond anyway?.. he's 86..
so say 30ish years since we all watched him play the part ?
film is an interesting one for playing tricks with ages, I mean in the sense of if you don't see an actor for 10+ ish years, and then they come back on tv or film. its like time has frozen for them, although I guess remakes of older films hit home it was ages ago.
film is an interesting one for playing tricks with ages, I mean in the sense of if you don't see an actor for 10+ ish years, and then they come back on tv or film. its like time has frozen for them, although I guess remakes of older films hit home it was ages ago.
I just watched Live and Let Die - it was on the telly, but I missed the start so I put the DVD in. I didn't realise it was made in 1973, the year I was born. But I only know it from TV repeats, so it's even older than I imagine. I always associated him with the 80s, but his first four films were in the 70s and in his last one, A View to a Kill in 1985, he was already looking past it.
I just watched Live and Let Die - it was on the telly, but I missed the start so I put the DVD in. I didn't realise it was made in 1973, the year I was born. But I only know it from TV repeats, so it's even older than I imagine. I always associated him with the 80s, but his first four films were in the 70s and in his last one, A View to a Kill in 1985, he was already looking past it.
Yeah he was nearly 60 when he made his last Bond movie, he did look older, although it's a good film he should have stopped at 'For your eyes only'.
Yeah he was nearly 60 when he made his last Bond movie, he did look older, although it's a good film he should have stopped at 'For your eyes only'.
Moore wanted to stop, but he was still contracted and they couldn't get Dalton at that point.
He just about got away with it in Octopussy, but in 'View' he really was too old. He'd had a face lift too which made him look a bit odd. He even said himself "When the mother of your leading lady is younger than you are, you know it's time to give it up!"
I still like the movie though, it's a bit of an odd Bond film but somehow it's still pretty entertaining and Walken was a great villain.
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RIP.
RIP:sad:
Seriously frightened me watching Moonraker as a nipper. Then he turned good :)
Reading about him it seemed he was well loved by his various co-stars. A real gentle giant.
they should bury him next to Herve Villechaize.
yeah it was good that bit.
nice to see a bit of romance at the end of a bond film, not just bond risking another std infection.
Makes you feel old though to think of Roger Moore playing James Bond.
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so say 30ish years since we all watched him play the part ?
film is an interesting one for playing tricks with ages, I mean in the sense of if you don't see an actor for 10+ ish years, and then they come back on tv or film. its like time has frozen for them, although I guess remakes of older films hit home it was ages ago.
daniel craig is 46 now, if thats any perspective ;)
Another person I used to run about pretending to be whilst playing at school... :(
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Yeah he was nearly 60 when he made his last Bond movie, he did look older, although it's a good film he should have stopped at 'For your eyes only'.
Moore wanted to stop, but he was still contracted and they couldn't get Dalton at that point.
He just about got away with it in Octopussy, but in 'View' he really was too old. He'd had a face lift too which made him look a bit odd. He even said himself "When the mother of your leading lady is younger than you are, you know it's time to give it up!"
I still like the movie though, it's a bit of an odd Bond film but somehow it's still pretty entertaining and Walken was a great villain.