Roger Moore

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Roger Moore 'used body double' as he couldn't finish Bond scene ... (Fortnite)

ROGER MOORE was forced to use a 'body double' alongside his Live and Let Die co-star Jane Seymour after the pair could not finish the film as a result of ...

He added: "I regret that sadly heroes, in general, are depicted with guns in their hands, and to tell the truth I have always hated guns and what they represent." Moore also described how on the set for 1974's Bond film The Man with the Golden Gun, director Guy Hamilton begged the Londoner to be more brutal in his character. Other accounts show how he struggled to shake off the Bond tag following his retirement from the role, though Moore once confessed he "didn't regret" his time in the franchise. "The crew banished me from the set and we had to use body doubles to get it done." She continued: "On the day of our bedroom scene, Roger and I were having lunch together when he suggested we should eat liver and onions. She said: "In one of the film’s final scenes, which takes place on a train, I had a truly terrible piece of dialogue and couldn’t get it out without laughing.

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Roger Moore: 'Illness played a great and unwelcome role' in star's ... (Daily Express)

ROGER MOORE made his James Bond debut in the 1973 classic Live and Let Die which is showing tonight (Saturday, June 18) on ITV.

Unfortunately for the star, shingles was not the only skin-related condition he was going to have to face. “It was excruciating, diabolical agony; I had my knees under my chin,” he said in the past, still bearing the scars of his surgery to remove the stones. Even in his book My Word is My Bond Moore reportedly wrote: “Illness played a great – and unwelcome – role in my early life,” which referred to the mumps and severe sore throat he suffered all before he had reached adulthood. I really wasn't well and after seeing the doctor I was told to have bed rest.” The star, who appeared in six James Bond films during the period of 1973 to 1985 passed away after a short battle with cancer, but this was not the only medical condition he battled in his 89 years. Here we examine the health ailments the actor developed in his last years and how he managed to cheat death four times.

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