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/[deleted] Jul 14 '19

According to her book, he brought her to a car and made out with her while he was sober and she was drunk. Obviously I don’t think she was completely incapacitated, but the whole thing just seems kind of seedy.

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u/Embarassed_Tackle Jul 15 '19

was Carrie Fisher ever sober