Why Roger Moore turned down 99 per cent of scripts he was offered

Roger phoned me in a foul mood. ‘How dare they!’ he said. ‘What a nerve!’ ‘What’s happened?’ I asked, knowing he’d been awaiting a script from the BBC and it was all very hush-hush. ‘They’ve sent the scene. They want me to play an old fart in a club. With one line. One line!’ He … Read more

Roger Moore really wanted was to star with Morecambe and Wise… 

BOOK OF THE WEEK  RAISING AN EYEBROW: MY LIFE WITH SIR ROGER MOORE  by Gareth Owen (History Press £20, 224 pp) Sir Roger Moore, the sleekest and most humorous of 007s, was similarly pampered and jokey off-screen, his dulcet tones never wavering. Grinning broadly, he thoroughly enjoyed the film-star trappings and never forgot ‘the wonderful … Read more