Sean Connery was the closest to author Ian Fleming’s depiction of the character in his spy novels, says Geoffrey, as in “I’m going to sleep with you and kill your boss tomorrow”.
“Whereas, Roger didn’t want to fire a gun really,” says Geoffrey, “he just sort of killed them with charm.”
He always had a very sardonic approach, says Geoffrey, and that was his interpretation, he adds.
“Let’s make James Bond Roger Moore,” he says, “[as] opposed to Roger having to play a hired gun who is licensed to kill. And I think he was more like ‘licensed to thrill.'”
This took an enormous amount of talent, says Geoffrey.
Of the Bond films that starred Sir Roger, Geoffrey says his father’s favourite was The Spy Who Loved Me.
