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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.
Dear Sir Roger, first thanks for give us your time
and generosity. In your first Bond movie, “Live and let
die”, you filmed in New Orleans, beauty city, now devastated
for the hurricane “Katrina”. What is your memories
of this place and your impression about this tragedy. Gracias,
hasta pronto.
Thank you for your time Dixon. Yes, the New Orleans sequences were in fact the first scenes we filmed on the picture. I remember we stayed in the French quarter, and it was hot! I remember it as a very friendly, beautiful place. Though, outside the city there was a noticeable poverty.
A New Orleans resident waded along Canal Street with a dog he rescued on August 30, 2005, the day the local levee system failed and flooded the city. On my first day of rehearsals my boat went out of control and I ended up crashing it. I fractured a front tooth, dirtied my trousers and had a few cuts and bruises. It was, to be honest, bloody painful. What a way to start.
We filmed mainly in the swamp land which was very beautiful, and it seemed all the alligators, mosquitoes and snakes agreed. They were everywhere! I was deeply saddened to see the tv pictures of how Katrina had destroyed so much of the area, and destroyed so many people's lives. I never thought, in the developed world, we would be watching pictures like these - of dead bodies floating around, looting and stories of rape? It beggers belief. My thoughts are with the people now trying to rebuild their homes, and their lives. Donate Now! -- American Red Cross
And what's wrong with my films pre-1970 young Jonathan??! I had worked with Italian
crew before on two pictres I made in the early 1960s. Back then
I didn't speak any Italian, so it was pretty interesting. By the
time this movie came up, I spoke reasnable Italian as by then
I'd married one - Mrs Moore number three. It was something different to Bond. And that always attracted me - I wanted to try different things in between Bond adventures, and it fitted in. It's always nice to play a bit of a villainous part, and not many people cast me in those roles as I was constantly told I looked like a hero! Stacy Keach was great fun to work with, and we got along really well. The film was split between Italy and San Francisco, as you say, and I knew both pretty well - and loved them - as did Stacy, so it was really like a holiday to us. Did I do the stunt driving? .... No! That was left to a more capable stunt team. I meanwhile was preoccupied dubbing. The Italians always shoot without sound, and dub afterwards. That's why you might see us slightly out of sync at times in the film.
Dear Sir Roger, First thank you for taking such time for your fans
by answering their questions... You at 15 years old or so what was your model or figure in life??? Meilleurs voeux du Québec!!!!!
Roger with David Niven in The Sea Wolves
David Niven Stewart Granger
Hello Sir Roger, I am a huge fan of your Bond erra. I was wondering, in Moonraker .. when you are in the G-force simulator .. how was that done ? Did they really make you suffer that ? I know stunt doubles are usually cast for that type of stunt, but we (the viewers) could see it was you in there with the visible force on your face (When your skin seemed to ripple from the speed). I didnt think they had such computer editing techniques back then. How was this done ? lol Computer editing techniques!
No, everything we did on my Bond films
was done for real in the camera, not later on as they tend to
do nowadays. So you had to be clever and ingenious - and that
is what That sequence was filmed in the studio, of course, and small pipes of compressed air were fired at my face - arranged to get the effects you see on screen. I had to pull a few faces too. It does look very real doesn't it, and people often ask if I found it painful. My dears, I'm an actor - I don't do pain!
Hello Roger Your Bond was the one I grew up on, and I have fond
memories catching all of them on the bank holiday specials during
the 80s! I am thrilled to bits you're close to signing the deal
to record commentaries for them (I listened to the commentary
of The Man who haunted himself just last night, and really enjoyed
it; I highly recommend it to others). Best to you Russell_Dodd
John Glen Thank you Russell. I have
just spent a week watching all the films, and recording commentaries.
I think I can wait for a loooong time before watching them again
though. After Moonraker, the film-makers wondered how they could top it in the next film. Once you go out to space, you can't really go any further can you? So the only other way is down - or rather back to a more basic, 'real' story. That was really the decision of the producers and writers, as John Glen didn't come on board right at the start. Though he was keen on the change in the character's direction. It seemed right, and it worked. Do I fancy making more movies? Yes, my agent and bank manager are both keen I do, though I reman busy with UNICEF so anything that does come along has to be good, fit in with my UNICEF work ... and pay well!
Dear Roger Recently I've been marvelling
at all the great fight scenes in the early Saint episodes (including
"The Benevolent Burglary," wherein you hold a thug upside
down and bang It occurs to me this physical side of acting is probably a lot harder than it looks, and it's something demanded of you in most of your best-known roles. I was wondering whether you enjoyed this part of the job or whether you'd have preferred a less strenuous way to make a living? Also is it something that came easy for you or was it a lot of hard work? I know it was often said of Errol Flynn that he had a natural flair for the action stuff and devoted very little time to practicing swordplay, etc. Did it come "naturally" to you as well? David_M
Stunt work, David, and action scenes are actually hard work, because they have to be planned and rehearsed very carefully. I remember on Ivanhoe we'd spent two days filming the 'drama' and then three days on stunts and action. I do what I can, to make it look real, and then wheel in my doubles. I learnt, in Ivanhoe - where I did most of my own stunts - that there is nothing noble in being bandaged up and laid out with a bad back. As I said earlier, it's unfortunate that I look like a hero. I am in fact a coward. I hate guns, swords and fighting. So no, it didn't come naturally.
Roger In a fight scene with Peter Wyngarde (Later to star in Department S and Jason King) in an episode of The Saint called The Man Who Liked Lions. Thank you to Sir Roger Moore |
Hello
Sir Roger, 
Well
Fred, I think my role models were Stewart Granger and 
David
Niven when I was about 15. I loved the movies they were making,
and as often as I could I would be at the Odeon in Streatham.
I hoped I might meet them one day. Imagine not just meeting
with them, but working with them! 
his
head on the floor!) 
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