European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 6, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Profile Roger Moore plugs on As agent 007 by Maureen Dowd new York times James Bonds hotel room at the Pierre is something of a there Are no Beautiful women with funny names sprawled on the no frosty Vodka stirred or on the Coffee no there is Only a polite Middle aged British gentleman offering a chair and a Glass of it is hard to get used to Roger Moore without the usual arc villains and glamorous he seems so so so ready for some really Tough like his celluloid the 57yearold actor who stars in the 14th Bond movie by the producer Albert cubby a View to a is urbane and he is certainly not ruffled by the recent newspaper interview with Pierce Star of televisions Remington saying he likes the notion of being Moores successor As agent hed be in quite says raising his right Eyebrow Ever so slightly to indicate that he has no intention of turning Over the role that has made him a multimillionaire the Moore fabled for their often lift when the always courteous actor is curbing his wry he is equally unfazed by a question about whether he frets about i dont he that Why in Dorian did he feel threatened by the comeback of Sean Connery two years ago in a rival Bond film portraying the agent As More human and less a cardboard superhero i think the not being didst understand what was happening in development of characters in terms of what is English and what is not Sean deserved better than Moore says that he and his Friend Connery had dinner several times to compare notes about their respective stunts and it begins to Dawn on one that it May be impossible to Pierce this Aura of ageless he sits looking altogether from his Golden Tan to his gleaming dont you get bored doing this role Over and Over he was certainly Moore replies you cant be youre up there being somebody youre James certainly there must have been some clashes with Grace the striking Rock Singer and new York nightclub personality who plays the May she is clearly Moores temperamental his Eyebrow lifts a Good he i would have to unplug her cassette such loud and that hysterical i suppose she was a bit nervous of me because she was giving the Odd interview where she was trying to Point out that her would be far More suited to playing the role than so presumably she was waiting for the Day to arrive when i would read it and throw an a at i he hastens to but i had that As a sword of Damocles to hold Over her unlike who used to complain about being bottled in Moore says he has suffered no personal or professional identity crisis by associating himself for such a Long time with such a popular asked How he views the he says simply i see it the Way that cubby Broccoli wants to see Roger Moore Camps it up As agent 007 James Bond in he is the fellow in and in not going to make when he first took Over As James Bond in in live and let he tried to change some characteristics to make the role his for he Points his Bond never orders Vodka As Connery although Over the years other characters have begun ordering them i for the son of a London plays the role with More accent on Camp and less on sex than Connery and he tries to get the fun out of let the audience know that if they want to scream they my attitude is that its completely he Here youve got this secret agent who recognized by every Barman in the world and they know that he takes his Vodka martinis shaken and not its what sort of secret agent is that so you know that it is a spoof already before you he enjoys that communion of Camp with the praising Christopher walkers performance As Max Zorin a mysterious industrialist who intends to make a killing on the world microchip Market by causing an earthquake in californian Silicon Valley Moore says he especially loved walkers hysterical laugh when he plunges to his death at the end of the he knew hed be Back and going to see it at the Moore and he revels in the immutable Bond universe of Good and he recalls a love scene Early in the movie with according to the movies production commits herself to murder and lovemaking with equal amounts of if they get in Between the sheets with Bond in the first two Moore then you know  have to pay for their theres a Little Justice being meted out by cubby the he is what the audience its exactly the same As a child wanting to hear a bedtime Story and if you change a word or leave out a few lines because you think Hes asleep or youre bored and you want to get off to bed look we want the Comfort of the the biggest change in Bond has been the costly cinematic can you top this game the producers play with the opening titles and the Moore Points out that the opening sequence of a View to a an acrobatic and Aerial ski shootout on a Cost million half a million More than the entire budget of the first Bond doctor in doing love scenes with the worlds most exotic he is an overrated they always pick the coldest Day of the he and usually a monday morning when the studios been shut All and the heats been turned so youre freezing and youve got 60 to 100 people standing around and electricians up on the rail staring theres very Little if you can get really excited about doing you should be starring in Blue he never worries about the role going i dont have to hype myself he its not like sort of being a Singer and having to stretch your vocal cords in the dressing room before you go on so that you can reach a High if i Haven Learned the then i make pm while Moore likes to project a blas6 it is Clear As he talks that he regards each new Bond As a Challenge and works hard to bring fresh acting is like playing a line or a Ball is served and hopefully you dont sometimes you work with people and its rather like playing Squash against an absorbent that Ball int bouncing Back at then you have to play around with you have to invent other if he does tire of Bond one Day and pass the role along to someone what traits will his successor need you have to be prepared to get up Early and say your lines and not trip Over the says his Eyebrow starting to and you have to be prepared to answer questions with a smile on your face when youre asked How your Bond compares to Roger 20 stripes Magazine june