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Moore came under fire earlier this year when he told Paris Match in an interview that he felt that Bond should always be played by an "English-English" actor, as opposed to Idris Elba or American actor Cuba Gooding, Jr. Although some felt his comments had racist undertones, Moore insisted they had been taken out of context. Please visit the source responsible for the item in question to report any concerns you may have regarding content or accuracy.

AddRogerMoore to a growing list of stars who are chiming in on the debate over whether or not a gay James Bond could ever happen.

The 88-year-old actor, who played 007 in seven films, beginning with "Live and Let Die" in 1973 through "A View to a Kill" in 1985, said a gay twist on the womanizing secret agent would be contradict the way the character was portrayed in Ian Fleming's original novels and short stories.

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"I have heard people talk about how there should be a lady Bond or a gay Bond, but they wouldn’t be Bond for the simple reason that wasn’t what Ian Fleming wrote," Moore, currently the longest-running Bond, told the Daily Mail. Pierce Brosnan told Details magazine in August that although he didn't have any personal qualms, he wasn't sure it would be a plausible move.

However, while Moore showed promise as a cartoonist, he was fired for accidentally destroying some animation celluloids.

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Roger Moore‘s life off-screen was as colorful as his danger-filled adventures as James Bond.

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Roger Moore, who has died aged 89, will be best remembered for his suave action roles as secret agent James Bond and the playboy crime-fighter Simon Templar in The Saint.

He was also a renowned philanthropist and a Unicef Goodwill Ambassador, but there are many lesser-known aspects of his life.

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Still, other actors have shared similar sentiments about Bond being portrayed as a gay man. "You can do anything as long as it’s credible and it works. He was called up for national service aged 18, shortly after the end of World War II, and posted to Germany, where he became an office in the combined services entertainment section and was responsible for looking after entertainers for the armed forces.

He tried to make a living as a cartoonist

Before joining the army, Moore was apprenticed to be an animator, during which he met his good friend actor David Niven, who was visiting the studio to give technical advice on a film.

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The current Bond, however, isn't opposed to the idea.

The actor had his share of torrid romances in his younger days before finding happiness with his fourth wife, Kiki Tholstrup, and settling into a life of charity and luxury in Switzerland.

Though the actor enjoyed decades of success thanks to his early television work and, eventually, his celebrated turn as 007, his later years were quieter as he dedicated himself to charity.

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Keeping Bond as a straight, Caucasian man is "not about being homophobic or, for that matter, racist -- it is simply about being true to the character," he said.

"I don't know how it would work," he said. This content is published for the entertainment of our users only.

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Roger Moore was born in Stockwell, South London, in 1927, the only child of George Moore, a police constable at Bow Street, and Lily, the daughter of an army sergeant major.

"I don't think Barbara [Broccoli, the James Bond producer] would allow a gay Bond to happen in her lifetime.