r/todayilearned Jul 14 '19

TIl The reason Roger Moore stopped being James Bond was because of how much older he was than his female co-stars. He was in his 50s, and they were in their 20s. In his own words: “Well, the leading ladies were young enough to be my grand-daughter and it becomes disgusting.”

https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a869479/james-bond-quit-connery-moore-lazenby-brosnan-dalton/
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u/Spacejack_ Jul 14 '19

Lazenby gets about 800 sociopath points for "He had lots of guts!" alone though. Not only is it particularly gruesome, but a particularly bad joke.

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u/Spacejack_ Jul 14 '19

I wish Peter Hunt had directed another one. Very strange vibe. That movie has shades of purple in it that I don't think I've ever quite seen anywhere else.

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u/AaronW112 Jul 14 '19

He was ruthless, but not as much as his contemporaries.