Post by sparklingblue on Nov 7, 2003 17:12:18 GMT -5
UNICEF a far cry from globetrotting as 007
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By STEVE TILLEY -- Edmonton Sun
EDMONTON -- Sir Roger Moore is a man not easily shaken, but he certainly can be stirred.
The actor who starred as Bond, James Bond, in seven of the super-spy's cinematic escapades still travels the globe today like his 007 alter ego once did. Not for Her Majesty's Secret Service, but as the goodwill ambassador for international aid organization UNICEF.
Moore is in town tonight for the Chefs for UNICEF Gala Fundraiser at the Sutton Place Hotel downtown, a $250-per-plate gourmet feast to benefit UNICEF's Go Girls! campaign for young women's education.
Far from a figurehead spokesman for the group, Moore criss-crosses the globe every year to see first-hand the horrors wrought by famine, disease and war.
"Once you put your toe in the water, you have to immerse your whole body," the gracious and genial 76-year-old actor said yesterday in an interview at the hotel.
"It makes you angry, that we, human beings, can be so rotten. It makes me angry when I think of the countries that sell anti-personnel mines and make a profit out of it.
"There are so many issues, you can't put them all right yourself. You can only work with an organization that is serious in its endeavours to make life better for the children of the world."
Moore's 13 years with UNICEF led to his being knighted by Queen Elizabeth II this past June, a solemn ceremony which he recalls with his trademark self-deprecating wit. And yes, you really do get tapped on the shoulder with a sword.
"I've got photographs to prove it," he said. "I didn't actually see it myself, because I shut my eyes. I'm always very nervous when people wave swords around my face."
So busy has Moore's schedule been that he and his wife, Lady Christina Moore, haven't even been home yet to drop off the declarations of his knighthood.
"And you thought my trousers were too tight! No, I just haven't been home to dump them yet. Dump them! You don't dump them ... we haven't been home to put them in the safe."
Although he starred in dozens of movies and TV series, including playing Simon Templar in the '60s spy series The Saint, Moore is best known as the man who stepped into Bond's wingtips after Sean Connery left the franchise.
One of his fondest memories of his Bond days was playing practical jokes on the late Desmond Llewelyn - who played gadget master Q in nearly every Bond flick made - by fooling around with the poor man's script.
"He always had this awful gobbledygook to say, and he had a problem remembering it," Moore said.
"I would rewrite it the day we were shooting and get the script lady to type it up and get the director to hand it to him, and this wonderful panic would come over his face."
The only Bond films he's seen since his own tenure as the character are GoldenEye, the first film starring Pierce Brosnan as 007, and Brosnan's latest Bond flick, Die Another Day.
"I thought it was very good. Very good," said Moore.
Yes, but is Brosnan's Bond up to snuff?
"I hated him," deadpanned Moore. "He's better looking than I am."
The Chefs for UNICEF Gala begins tonight at 6:30 p.m. at the Sutton Place Hotel, 10235 101 St. Tickets are $250 and available by calling the UNICEF office at 433-8448. (More on Roger Moore)
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But seriously, I really admire Roger Moore's work for UNICEF. He feels very strongly about it, and you can sense that when he's talking about the things he saw on his trips. It's good to have people speak up for certain issues like that.
www.canoe.ca/JamMovies/nov6_moore-sun.html
By STEVE TILLEY -- Edmonton Sun
EDMONTON -- Sir Roger Moore is a man not easily shaken, but he certainly can be stirred.
The actor who starred as Bond, James Bond, in seven of the super-spy's cinematic escapades still travels the globe today like his 007 alter ego once did. Not for Her Majesty's Secret Service, but as the goodwill ambassador for international aid organization UNICEF.
Moore is in town tonight for the Chefs for UNICEF Gala Fundraiser at the Sutton Place Hotel downtown, a $250-per-plate gourmet feast to benefit UNICEF's Go Girls! campaign for young women's education.
Far from a figurehead spokesman for the group, Moore criss-crosses the globe every year to see first-hand the horrors wrought by famine, disease and war.
"Once you put your toe in the water, you have to immerse your whole body," the gracious and genial 76-year-old actor said yesterday in an interview at the hotel.
"It makes you angry, that we, human beings, can be so rotten. It makes me angry when I think of the countries that sell anti-personnel mines and make a profit out of it.
"There are so many issues, you can't put them all right yourself. You can only work with an organization that is serious in its endeavours to make life better for the children of the world."
Moore's 13 years with UNICEF led to his being knighted by Queen Elizabeth II this past June, a solemn ceremony which he recalls with his trademark self-deprecating wit. And yes, you really do get tapped on the shoulder with a sword.
"I've got photographs to prove it," he said. "I didn't actually see it myself, because I shut my eyes. I'm always very nervous when people wave swords around my face."
So busy has Moore's schedule been that he and his wife, Lady Christina Moore, haven't even been home yet to drop off the declarations of his knighthood.
"And you thought my trousers were too tight! No, I just haven't been home to dump them yet. Dump them! You don't dump them ... we haven't been home to put them in the safe."
Although he starred in dozens of movies and TV series, including playing Simon Templar in the '60s spy series The Saint, Moore is best known as the man who stepped into Bond's wingtips after Sean Connery left the franchise.
One of his fondest memories of his Bond days was playing practical jokes on the late Desmond Llewelyn - who played gadget master Q in nearly every Bond flick made - by fooling around with the poor man's script.
"He always had this awful gobbledygook to say, and he had a problem remembering it," Moore said.
"I would rewrite it the day we were shooting and get the script lady to type it up and get the director to hand it to him, and this wonderful panic would come over his face."
The only Bond films he's seen since his own tenure as the character are GoldenEye, the first film starring Pierce Brosnan as 007, and Brosnan's latest Bond flick, Die Another Day.
"I thought it was very good. Very good," said Moore.
Yes, but is Brosnan's Bond up to snuff?
"I hated him," deadpanned Moore. "He's better looking than I am."
The Chefs for UNICEF Gala begins tonight at 6:30 p.m. at the Sutton Place Hotel, 10235 101 St. Tickets are $250 and available by calling the UNICEF office at 433-8448. (More on Roger Moore)
***
;D ;D ;D
But seriously, I really admire Roger Moore's work for UNICEF. He feels very strongly about it, and you can sense that when he's talking about the things he saw on his trips. It's good to have people speak up for certain issues like that.