Roger Moore interview on 'Wogan', June 1985

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[@maree-mareesongwriter6226]

I love his tongue-in cheek and very British, smooth charm. He'll always be my sentimental favourite, who always comes to mind when I think of James Bond. I think he really put his own memorable stamp on the role and character; polished, suave, classy yet masculine, and brought a lot of playful levity, humour and presence to it.

[@Useaname]

Excellent comment

[@keith6591]

I like the cut of your Jib Madam

[@bartvandergracht8019]

this is spot on

[@MarkHarrison733]

@@bartvandergracht8019 He was a racist who funded apartheid.

[@astront917]

Such a class act,the man had everything yet made time for everybody, Sadly missed and always my favourite bond, Rest in peace Roger and thanks for the wonderful memories.

[@jethrodykes4853]

he always looked too old - that's why Roger was so good!

[@albionmyl7735]

Agree

[@philfitnesspt6139]

@@jethrodykes4853 no he didn't in fact didn't start looking to old until octopussy in his early films he looked about 10 years younger than he was (45) at start.

[@dannyr2976]

@@philfitnesspt6139 I would say Live and Let Die he looked younger than Sean (though being older) and by For Your Eyes Only (especially within the context of Bond 'girl' Bibi) looked to be getting on a bit.

[@MarkHarrison733]

@@philfitnesspt6139 He looked at least 50 in "Live and Let Die".

[@mulligatawnysoup9281]

I love Wogan and Roger Moore both. How sad that they are gone now.

[@JoeBuck207]

@James Henderson Change your comment misspelled.

[@markharrison2544]

@@JoeBuck207 Moore was a racist Tory fucktard.

[@Lauraaa6666]

@James Henderson you are a horrible person

[@Sparkle0501]

James Henderson how dumb can you be Death is nothing to joke about

[@jaysterling26]

@@markharrison2544 Blimey, ol' chap, don't beat around the bush. I don't know if he actively endorsed the Tories , like Connery has done with the SNP, or just answered a journalist's question. Both tax exiles funnily enough... If you're going to say someone's a racist ( I can't remember him saying anything racist like Rod Stewart, or Eric Clapton alledgely) please can you give examples? Cheers.

[@songsmith31a]

The right interviewer for the right interviewee. Both possessing a quick wit and the ability to see beyond the self-serving glitz and still entertain in effortless style.

[@greatdelusion7654]

The smoothest and wittiest Bond of them all.

[@ic08jy700]

Roger Moore, a commensurate and very underrated actor and above all of that, a gentleman. I've watched him since I was 7 years old and went on to enjoy him as Bond. I am sorry to have lost him. RIP Roger.

[@sebastianward324]

RM is a very self-deprecating modest man, for someone so quintessentially English establishment - I am actually speechless.

[@phinenew6406]

The best ever James Bond sir Roger Moore. Salute you sir.rip

[@Meatrockman]

the man, the legend. damn i miss him around, cant even belive he's not around anymore.

[@Mc007Queen]

a super nice guy , down to earth rest in peace Rodger Moore

[@davidevans3227]

very lucky.. saw roger moore as bond growing up through the seventies and eighties.. goodness! man with the golden gun, live and let die, the spy who loved me.. moonraker... And wogan was a good show, just after the regional news if i remember, with fantastic guests.. wow i loved telly then, thankyou for sharing this 🙂

[@CliffMcAulay]

I have just re -read Roger Moore's delightful biography 'My Word is my Bond' and can highly recommend it . He didn't take himself at all seriously, and was a loyal friend to many, rare traits in his profession. RIP Roger and Terry. The world is a sadder place without them.

[@MarkHarrison733]

He was a racist who funded apartheid.

[@67maverick]

Roger Moore was so sharp, quick and so funny. I admire him so much

[@oswintaylor2905]

I remember that interview. Was 12 at the time. What a contrast he is to Daniel Craig. He actually enjoyed playing Bond whereas Craig looks as if he hated every minute of it e.g. ”I'd rather slit my wrists than make another one!". This is why as co-producer of No Time To Die he actually vouched for doing the opposite of the title of the film and make Bond die! He has no star quality whereas Roger Moore has. It's his last Bond film and he's still showing that he enjoyed it. Wish we had real stars like him back again.

[@albionmyl7735]

D. Craig look like a Russian doorkeeper, sorry but he has no englishness....

[@stefanwagner1424]

@@albionmyl7735 That's really awesome! 🤣

[@user-bn3om1ti4b]

Крейг не похож на русского вообще! Он похож на Рембо!Все фильмы с его участием-это приключения Рембо,а не Бонда!

[@stynershiner1854]

@@albionmyl7735 Maybe because Craig is actually of Welsh and French descent.

[@thesaintst1851]

Exactly! Why I think Craig was the worst Bond of all time

[@archaic76]

Roger Moore was a very realistic person who knew what he was doing and did it right !

[@TheBlueOwl21]

A true gentleman and the best Bond !

[@bigbelly5098]

He was in his late 50`s here. Looks brilliant.

[@cquilty1]

@big belly Yup. Hair dye and botox.

[@simonherts]

@@cquilty1 Hairy dye of course but Botox did not exist then

[@cquilty1]

@@simonherts Good point. He probably had some kind of cosmetic work done here though.

[@MarkHarrison733]

@@cquilty1 He wore a hairpiece.

[@cquilty1]

@@MarkHarrison733 Yes, it was common knowledge that Wogan wore a crown topper.

[@rmstitanic8163]

So cool. Roger Moore is still the best Bond. Nobody Does it Better!

[@rouryglen]

Roger Moore got Bond spot on . I mean it is totally unbelievable so it was perfectly suited to comedy / humour.

[@msmerlin60]

GREAT ACTOR AND A VERY VERY HANDSOME LOOKING MAN,iconic and to me he was the ELVIS of the British actors ,God bless him

[@fletcherhamilton3177]

_Damn,_ if anything Moore had to dial down the charm when he playing Bond . . . He’s way more charming here than James Bond at _any_ point in the franchise.

[@marcludford591]

I miss sir Roger what a lovely man so modest too Very dry humour How sad he passed

[@Lauraaa6666]

@James Henderson you are a horrible person

[@CaneFu]

I have watched the entire Bond series when it started in the early sixties until present day and IMO Sean Connery and Roger Moore were the two best Bonds.

[@ducter2001]

Forget Sean Connery..and stick with Roger.

[@stevemartin8202]

What a gentleman Roger Moore was & always came across in interviews as very down to earth. Undoubtedly the best Bond in my opinion. RIP ❤

[@jamesdowd8354]

They really have a chemistry; funny without trying. Neither of them took it seriously...brilliant tv

[@borderlord]

Miss ole Rog on the chat shows,always good value!

[@6611haggis]

He’s spot on about the press always mentioning the age of people in their news stories. The Sun is really bad for that.

[@grahamjackmacpherson6501]

That's because the sun causes premature ageing.

[@alfredvalrie5541]

Broad shoulders. Good humor. What a guy.

[@MrBladeFilms]

Hilarious chemistry between these two

[@michaelservice2355]

A pure gent , more alpha than any bond character, I.e don't bite when the masses take the piss " no diva , no strops, used his fame to raise millions for save the children " the real James bond, love him !

[@donaldshrump9168]

@James Henderson Fuck You.

[@astonmartin4360]

I was picked on,at a young age at school.I was slim and was a target for bullies.I watched The Saint on TV and noticed men punched.The kids at my school mostly kicked and slapped me.Roger Moore showed me how to hit my attackers.I wasn't a victim anymore.Roger Moore stopped me being a victim.

[@Ghansyam893]

My favourite hero James Bond Roger Moore

[@robertwilson7736]

Roger moore is my ultimate hero who i would like to look like because he was a big hit with the ladies and is sadly missed

[@ShreyMJ]

Best bond ever!

[@prashanthsvr9962]

man. he's humorous and the best bond after Sean.

[@markharrison2544]

He was too old.

[@Thales1997]

@@markharrison2544 He was still gorgeous though!

[@markharrison2544]

@@Thales1997 He'd had plastic surgery.

[@zellybabylon6557]

@@markharrison2544 Fuck you, Sean was too old. Ancient actually. Moore should have played Bond for the Dalton movies as well.

[@markharrison2544]

@@zellybabylon6557 Moore was already about 50 when he started playing Bond.

[@edu7056]

From Argentina the best Bond. RIP.

[@carlashcroft6652]

Roger Moore was the classiest guy who ever lived.

[@jermainesimpson1619]

rip both Moore and wogan

[@johnnygreenshirt6215]

RIP Sir Roger.

[@peterward2275]

Seems so charming and pleasant. Wish I had met him.

[@user-eb6cz3um6h]

Fantastic Interview ! Both Great Characters and Good Fun ! Love them Both ! ❤ ❤ ❤😊

[@yahoo463]

Two absolute professionals.....

[@JohnnyBeane]

Roger Moore is 007.

[@ramonfernandez3065]

So good actor.!! God bless you Moore!

[@JoeBuck207]

Roger was 57 years old here damn he looks great for his age.

[@JoeBuck207]

@James Henderson I doubt that very much.

[@markharrison2544]

@@JoeBuck207 He had a facelift before "A View to a Kill". He also wore a hairpiece in all his Bond films.

[@JoeBuck207]

@@markharrison2544 You have no proof.

[@markharrison2544]

@@JoeBuck207 His mole was removed prior to "A View to a Kill" and he was left with staring eyes from the facelift.

[@JoeBuck207]

@@markharrison2544 Staring Eyes LOL.

[@elisabethchoquet5405]

Roger Moore, a legend ! 💕

[@stefanwagner1424]

Simply marvellous ... It's one of the things why I love the British

[@elisabethchoquet5405]

I also love the English thank you to sir Roger Moore and dame Diana Rigg

[@criticalbil1]

Nice interview. I'm not a big fan of his Bond films but I've increasingly come to respect Moore's approach to the role. Rather than disguise the ridiculousness of it, he decided to embrace it with a wink. I do wince at his decision to have that facelift though - he had it just before A View to a Kill. He aged far worse as a result!

[@ducter2001]

Roger a facelift...Nah...

[@nkt1]

He does look somewhat unnatural here.

[@philfitnesspt6139]

Not sure he had facelift basically he had do have.some surgery i believe due.to possible skin cancer as he had his famous mole removed therefore he was recovering from that. He looks bloody amazing for 57 almost 58 he was also in very good shape he stated at.this time he did regular sit ups press ups and 2 hours of tennis every day!

[@Agui007]

Roger was my cup of tea!

[@rayronald7269]

James Henderson lives a small life . Spends much of his time watching Roger Moore clips and then trolls the comments section. Sad little man.

[@stevel6943]

One of the few interviews that Wogan did that I can watch.

[@mohammedathaulla7982]

Best bond of all time I have seen

[@cosmic687]

best bond ever, had a tongue in cheek sense of humour that the others couldn't pull off.

[@krock90]

They have incredibly similar voices and speech patterns.

[@AdrianJayeOnline]

class act all the way, how many times did he get asked the question comparing him to Sean ? he must have hated it, but VERY interview I've seen, he's been totally modest, sean on the other hand has been a bit touchy, the quintessential English gent ! God bless you sir, RIP, sad loss

[@rickrick5041]

Charming fellow

[@ianhigson719]

Roger Moore is a LEG END. RIP you fantastic Gentleman.

[@kungpao-wp2sq]

Pure class. Best Bond by a long shot

[@glennpowell3444]

Imagine the antics he and Christopher Walken got up filming that.Both eccentric and both having a boyish sense of humour.

[@jd2473]

Best Bond!

[@GlennPowell-ls3lg]

Moore did an interview about the filming of "Wild Geese" on working with Burton and Harris.Very amusing.

[@Mr17051963]

Forever my favourite Bond.

[@joemclaughlin995]

The best Bond ever!

[@stewartmcneill2262]

You don’t miss them until their gone

[@cquilty1]

Stewart Mc neill *they're

[@lutherbuckhurst3887]

Two greats

[@Ta_nuz]

Great man! Miss you sir!🙋

[@seanbourke4712]

From ireland roger moore favourite bond

[@zeburules]

Best Bond ever!

[@MrToddy31]

Two legends.

[@carlstark6857]

RIP to both

[@ZephaniahL]

Same month as Pierce Brosnan on Wogan!

[@adriansherlockdamondark.1094]

His Bond was perhaps a more outrageous big screen version of his character from The Saint, but it worked for the series. He stayed too long and some of the comedy went too far, but his contribution was huge and there's much to enjoy. A great man in real life, too, from all I've seen and heard.

[@LFOVCF]

My Bond.

[@championchess31]

Very handsome and charming man.

[@nourmourad4158]

I'm in my forties, and I didn't fall in love yet. Pray for me, please.

[@wobblertv8083]

It was a shame he didn't play bond like his character Sean Flynn in the wild Geese .He had real edge in that.

[@Useaname]

Agreed. Great comment

[@philfitnesspt6139]

I hear this often but he DID play it with an edge. Kicking car off cliff in eyes only..avenging 009 death in octopussy..killing bald dude in spy who loved me..and killing big bad at end. He also had dark edge in live and let die when questioning rosie...threatening Chris lee in man with golden gun the list is endless. Yes he also brought humour to role but so did sean and Pierce. Also he was quite jokey in the film you mention.

[@Del-yv1qy]

What A gentleman Roger was putting up with wiggy Wogan.

[@stevenmitchell2996]

Roger Moore was one of the best Bonds besides Connery who was number one... Roger Moore did a fantastic job as James Bond.

[@stewartmcneill2262]

Love Rodger just a gent

[@ThisIsTEC]

They both sound very familiar. Right?

[@pulse4503]

Sorry but both Moore and Connery were way superior to craig

[@pulse4503]

@James Henderson he didn't look juvenile yet he was handsome

[@pulse4503]

@James Henderson Connery was bald and wrinkled at 59 yet ladies were head over heels for him, a bit weird huh?

[@pulse4503]

@James Henderson I know in fact I said he was wrinkled... I guess Connery came across as a darker stronger mature bloke who inspired protection rather than a guy to be looked after

[@michaelroachface926]

I agree

[@jethrodykes4853]

superior to brosnan

[@mollyfilms]

My name is Wogan.. Mr Wogan

[@SwirlyJoe]

It's funny how despite his old age, he still wouldn't rule out doing another

[@mikmac220]

Roger such a gentleman unlike Clint Eastwood and Sean Connery

[@kiragrandad]

Qall the bonds bought something to the part, but I feel Craig reduced it to a version of an older Borne.

[@krisscanlon4051]

Serafinowicz watches this every third Tuesday!

[@andymurday4538]

He probably should have played Bond in the 1960s, as he was the right age then.

[@realstevewilson]

Well Roger was committed to The Saint tv series at the time and plus Sean Connery was playing Bond during the 1960s except for On Her Majesty's Secret Service.

[@realstevewilson]

James Henderson if we’re talking about 1960s, he wasn’t too old for it. He did get too old for the James Bond role midway through the 1980s when he was still doing it. Technically he did get a bit too old for it when The Spy Who Loved was released in 1977, which at that stage he had hit 50. As much as liked Moore as 007 and he continued on after The Spy Who Loved Me all the way to A View to a Kill, a part of me thinks he probably should have stopped after his third film or at least after For Your Eyes Only, in which he originally wanted to stop playing the part after that film.

[@realstevewilson]

James Henderson you’re right. George Lazenby did play Bond in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service but he chose only to do that film and not any other. So when Sean Connery left the series again, they could have turned to another actor but Moore. But they considered Moore not thinking about his 45 years of age but I guess at the time the age thing didn’t matter to them until critics became aware of Moore’s in later films, particularly A View to a Kill. Pierce Brosnan was in his late forties when he played James Bond in Die Another Day. It’s said that he kept in mind that fans and critics were unhappy with Moore playing Bond until he was 58.

[@realstevewilson]

James Henderson yeah that’s true. That’s what Brosnan said. They basically fired him. And even tho he wanted to do at least one more before passing the torch.

[@realstevewilson]

James Henderson well looks like they

[@vliegendvarken3836]

chicken is honorable

[@martinbayliss3868]

They should have let him do one more Bond. View to a Kill was great and made money. All the Bonds after Roger Moore have been failures by comparison. A new Bond movie used to be an event, now?

[@simonprice2104]

Yep that would be good

[@issyjas3309]

Effortless, both of them for that matter, I miss those days of interviews. Now it’s just chit chat and what are you plugging

[@GetToDaChoppa-k5r]

I guess Moore relied on stunt men more but it wasn't down to his age because many actors do their own stunts way past their 50's like Tom Cruise. I liked him as Bond but it is true that physically he wasn't as believable as some of the other actors who played the character.

[@nikhilfitness9404]

But everybody's physicality is different. Roger moore did live to be 90

[@JohnQPublic345]

@@nikhilfitness9404 and he smoked and drank A lot

[@ferrylad]

Roger Moore once pushed in front of me at a taxi rank at Butlins in Filey, when I asked him what he thought he was doing ? He said, very softly ,that if I didn't piss off he'd cut the Jacobs off of me,,,some gentleman.pah.

[@arpionatore]

He's very manly.

[@EvoGoody]

Nice guy.

[@mirnaburgosmorales6136]

♥️ en español porfa gracias siiiiii gracias 💓

[@sctmcg]

I’ve seen a lot of Wogan interviews with people back then - he was so f**king rude.

[@sebastianward324]

Oh yeah, they have both left us.

[@albionmyl7735]

He was the most englishness actor as Bond in difference to D. Craig... he doesn't look english to be honest...

[@barnbersonol]

You can get away from alligators by using their heads as stepping stones. Rodge invented that.

[@mhughes6303]

Roger Moore was a good guy, but Sean Connery was James Bond.

[@samuelstreeter1335]

Ok at all?