Roger Moore is not so down with the new hyper-violent, post-Jason Bourne James Bond.
“I am happy to have done it, but I’m sad that it has turned so violent,” Moore told Reuters before the New York premiere of “Quantum of Solace.”
The new Bond landscape is obviously irrevocably changed after The Bourne spy series changed the game with a darker, grimmer tone that both audiences and critics completely responded to. After the success of the ‘Bourne’ franchise, James Bond followed suit, hired thespian Daniel Craig, and took on a darker tone similar to the Matt Damon-led films.
Moore has written a memoir called “My Word is My Bond,” and in the interview about it, he admitted that the violence and new edge was “keeping up with the times, it’s what cinema-goers seem to want and it’s proved by the box-office figures.”
Apparently his last Bond movie, 1985’s “A View To A Kill” (which featured a rad collaboration between Duran Duran and legendary Bond composer John Barry), was too violent for his taste. “That wasn’t Bond,” he said.
Note the last John Barry Bond film was 1987’s “The Living Daylights” (maybe Timothy Dalton scared him off). Barry composed the music for the most classic 007 films (After “Dr. No” he scored eleven of the next 14 James Bond films) including “You Only Live Twice,” “Goldfinger” and “Thunderball.”
Duran Duran – “A View To A Kill”