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Sir Roger Moore has added his voice to the international appeal for aid to help the people of Asia. Sir Roger says people should not forget the plight of tsunami victims.
Sir Roger “It is hard to ignore the humanitarian disaster in Asia. Hundreds of thousands of children are in need Unicef needs your support to help these children and make a difference to their lives. Your donations to Unicef will help make that difference. Click on the link below to make an on-line donation or buy goods to help the hundreds of thousands of children and families struggling to survive the aftermath of the Asian earthquakes and tsunami .
Purchase gifts here and help UNICEF at the same time! Also you may get involved with UNICEF by joining or get alerts, or maybe visiting UNICEF in your country. Here

The purpose of this forum is to keep Sir Roger Moore admirers in touch with the man himself and to bring some awareness to UNICEF for whom Roger is an ambassador. With this in mind we open up this months questions and answers with the first one dealing with Sir Roger’s reaction to the terrible disaster in Asia. After which we will continue with our usual more light-hearted and hopefully entertaining, and informative way.

The United Nations children's agency, UNICEF, has urged the international community to prioritise youngsters made orphans by the tsunami disaster. As many as 50,000 children were killed, and more than a million have been hurt or lost families in the disaster.

Sir Roger Moore has added his voice to the international appeal for aid to help the people of Asia. Sir Roger says people should not forget the plight of tsunami victims while they are celebrating the New Year.

Roger "As we celebrate the New Year, it is hard to ignore the humanitarian disaster unfolding in Asia. Hundreds of thousands of children are in need. In need of finding their parents, their families. In need of access to clean water. In need of safety. In need of help. "Unicef needs your support to help these children and make a difference to their lives. Your donations to Unicef will help make that difference in the New Year."

Click on the link below to make an on-line donation or buy goods to help the hundreds of thousands of children and families struggling to survive the aftermath of the Asian earthquakes and tsunami.
Purchase gifts here and help UNICEF at the same time! Also you may get involved with UNICEF by joining or get alerts, or maybe visiting UNICEF in your country.
Despite their steps towards self-reliance, thousands of survivors - such as this girl in India - still depend on food hand-outs for their survival

 

 

Dear Sir Roger,
I was wondering why you accepted violents roles during the 70's and 80's (The sicilian Cross, The wild geese, the sea wolves...) while you decided to play Bond more softly than required. He had the licence to kill, so if you were searching violent roles, it was the one to choose. Anyway, you were great in all these roles. since The weakest link)

Sir Roger Moore

For every "violent" role as you call it, I played a lighter character - That Lucky Touch, The Cannonball Run, Bullseye, Fire Ice And Dynamite, Sherlock Holmes ... it was nice to be offered a variety of characters. Bond was never really 'soft'. Sean's first couple were perhaps a little more gritty, but he didn't tip toe around. He shot to kill. The Sicilan Cross was an Italian film, as you know, and I think the producers were keen to break out of just a home market and reach a more intellectual audience for which you need international faces, and Stacy and I were asked to do it.
I don't recall how many writers there were on it, but I only worked with the completed scrit and the writer of that, so wouldn't have known of previous drafts and writers. Did I ever pay for the beer? If not, please contact the film director Mr M Winner

 

Dear Sir Roger,
One of the best aspects of The Saint is that it is faithful to the original stories. Both you as Simon Templar and Ivor Dean as Chief Inspector Teal were faithful adaptions of the literary characters. What can you say about Ivor Dean both personally and professionally? From the member called Dont

 

He was terrific. I can't recall how many episodes he appeared in, but he joined in 1963 (a year after the first show was recorded) and stayed with us until the end in 1969. He also appared in an episode of The Persuaders a couple of years later. Ivor was a lovely man. Very intelligent, funny, warm and highly professional and it was a great tragedy that he died so young in 1974 - I believe in his mid fifties.

There are moves afoot to make a new Saint tv movie. Inspector Teal will be central to it, and the characters will be very faithful to the original stories - it will actually be set in the 1930s, though with a contemporary twist bringing in an ageing Simon Templar. Who will play him I wonder?

 


Dear Sir Roger, Your "James Bond Diary" is a very well-written, entertaining read, and an enjoyable account of the making of "Live and Let Die" as well as filmmaking in general. The book demonstrates your capabilities as a writer. While it is apparent that you don't intend to write an autobiography any time soon, have you considered publishing a diary of your experiences on your UNICEF visits? Do you keep such a diary? Your UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador colleague Angelina Jolie published such a journal, which gives the layperson a much better understanding of problems facing children in various developing countries
Thank you. Phil

 

The credit for the diary must actually go to Dan Slater. I simply spoke into a tape recorder each day, and Dan was the one who made sense of it all, and removed the swearing!

I don't keep a diary, as such, of my UNICEF engagements - there are so many. It's an interesting idea though.

 

 

I understand that you keep a boat in Monaco. Can you tell us a little about it - what make and length - and where you take it on the Riviera.
Happy New Year from Brook

 

It's a Sunseeker. About 40 foot. So not massive, but just nice to go along the coast on a sunny day, take a swim and park up for lunch somewhere.

 

 

 

Hello Roger
I have heard news about a remake of The Persuaders with new actors; personally I don`t approve of this because to me there is inly ONE Brett Sinclair and ONE Danny Wilde = You and Tony. The interplay between You and him was marvellous and could never be replaced by other actors no matter how talented they might be.
What do You think of this???
Love, Jette, Denmark

Yes Tony my cars been parked here for 35 years we are lucky there are no parking attendants!!

 

Roger. I know the people who bought the rights, so have to be careful!

I think it could work again, with the right casting and storylines. We'll just have to wait and see ... I have told the producers that I am available (and cheap).

 

 

Dear Rodger, I saw a UFO special in Russia with you as the narrator. In a little town called Trout Lake, WA USA we are having ongoing contact. We have 40 hours of video footage of landings, morphing ships from one to three, interaction with people on the ground and now over 3000 eye witnesses. Maybe it is time for another documentary. Any suggestions? It is a very noble venture and could change the course in human destiny.
For more information go to www.eceti.org
hope to hear from you, be well James Gilliland

 

I fronted quite a few of the KGB Files documentaries, and all were fascinating. You should contact the programme makers !

 

 

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