Sir Roger Moore, R.I.P.
Posted: 23 May 2017, 16:19
Died today at the age of 89, a man from humble beginnings who made good. He'll best be remembered, I suppose, as will Sean Connery, for his James Bond performances. Not the greatest actor in the world, for sure, he never had the appropriate roles to demonstrate his talents, but all he needed to do was to raise an eyebrow. And he was a true star, one of that great trio of the old school, along with Connery and Michael Caine. I heard somewhere that American producer Joe Levine (who made 'A Bridge Too Far') was planning a huge film starring the three of them around the late eighties, about a race between two sailing ships and a steamer based on the book 'For all the Tea in China', but Levine died before it got off the ground. What a movie that would have made!