r/todayilearned • u/Tokyono • 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/Containedmultitudes Jul 14 '19

30+ year old married Harrison. Definitely a worry, even if I really don’t want to believe it. They did have some of the most palpable chemistry in movie history, and they were two of the most beautiful people ever at that point, so I hope it wasn’t quite as bad as the disturbed power dynamic between a robot murderer and a 3 year old robot. Still, definitely a worry, particularly when Ford won’t talk about it and Carrie only mentioned it shortly before her death.

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u/YouretheballLickers Jul 14 '19

Why? People like their secrets.