Sir Roger answers your questions September 2008

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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.
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Dear Sir Roger,
I look forward to meeting you next month at your book signing in Norwich.
Do you have any anecdotes regarding Paul Newman who sadly died today.
Regards,
Tina
Suffolk, UK.

Hi Tina
Look forward to seeing you. That's one sale I can look forward to. Alas I never worked with Paul Newman, though I am a great admirer of his and in particular his charity work. His foodranges alone have generated millions to help disadvantaged children - if only there were more selfless people like him in the world ...

 

 

 

Dear Sir Roger, thanks a lot for your generosity with your fans at the world. You have played some of the British heroes most famous in the fictional literature (Ivanhoe, Sherlock Holmes, Simon Templar, James Bond), what hero (real or fictional) would have liked to interpret in movies or TV?
Thank you again. Hasta pronto.

Dixon Moya (Bogotá, Colombia).

Hello Dixon
I may be old enough to play Moses now ... I don't really harbour any great ambition to play anyone to be honest. If a good script comes along, and doesn't involve too much bending over or running around, I'd consider it!

 

 

Hi Sir Roger.  Just finished watching the interview you had with Bill Collins from Fox Classics of Australia. It had its premier tonight.  It was superb!  I have the highest respect for Bill and is the finest for what he does.  He is commonly referred to as 'Mr Movies'.  Seemed you got on well with Bill and he with you.  How did you find it and how long did it take to put it all together? You mentioned in the interview you'll be in Australia in November?  Looking forward to meeting you and getting a copy of your bio signed.  Kind Regards, Theo

Hi Theo
I've known Bill many years, and we spent a very pleasant afternoon in Monaco filming that interview for Fox. He went up in my estimation when he said he'd read my book and really enjoyed it!  Yes I shall be in Sydney and Melbourne in November, and if my signing hand still has any strength, I shall be weilding my pen.  

Dear Sir Roger,
We never know how much of themselves authors put in our writings, or whether they use "templates" for their characters.
Did you know Leslie Charteris? What were your impressions of him? Did he use himself or any other known person as a "template" for The Saint?
Thank you for all your good works for disaster victims.
Owen in Seattle

Hi Owen
I did indeed know Leslie. I liked him immensely and got on very well with him. Yes he did use a known person as a template ... himself. Leslie was very much Simon Templar and that's why I think he was always so protective of the character and how he was portrayed - because he saw it as himself. He was a very talented and intelligent man.

 

 

 

Sir Roger, when you toured with 'Shop at Sly Corner' with CSE was it a Mac Picton production? If it was you must have been with the same cast that I was with in 'Peace Comes to Peckham'. I think we finished the run around August 1948,in Hamburg. (An ex 'Erbie Gilpin'.

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Hi Sir Roger,
           May I start by saying how much I'm looking forward to the release of your book!

Now onto my question:- a while ago I saw your enjoyable TV movie The Man Who Wouldn't Die, starring yourself, Nancy Allen and Malcolm McDowell. I thought it was a good little film and it's a shame it isn't as well-known as it probably deserves to be.

Of course, you also starred in the TV movie Sherlock Holmes In New York. That too was a terrific film (and about a year ago you were kind enough to answer a question of mine regarding that film).

I was wondering what you have found to be the main differences between making cinematic films and TV movies, and of the two which do you prefer being involved in (if any)?

Warmest regards,
Jonathon Dabell, Wakefield, England.
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Hi Jonathan

Thank you. Hope you enjoy the book.

Usually feature films pay more!

I love both TV and film - TV tends to be shot quicker, with smaller budgets, so maybe a 6 week schedule whereas feature might take, say, 8 weeks. You have to move faster in TV! Some stories work better onTV and I love a good TV drama or made-for-TV-film. As for which I'd rather do - the one which pays the most, and has the shortest schedule!! 

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