by Roger Moore
First published 2008
Roger Moore opens his Hollywood vault to reveal the untold stories behind his legendary career. The actor who portrayed James Bond longer than anyone else takes readers behind the scenes of seven Bond films, from Live and Let Die through A View to a Kill. Moore explains how he prepared for villain encounters by imagining they had bad breath and describes the magnetic dress-unzipping trick from the movies. Beyond Bond, he chronicles his journey from the studio system's final days through television stardom in The Saint and theatrical success on both sides of the Atlantic. Moore shares encounters with Elizabeth Taylor, Cary Grant, and Jane Seymour, alongside tales of Milton Berle's profanity, Richard Burton's surliness, and the surprising kindness of Richard Kiel, who played the steel-toothed Jaws. The memoir captures Moore's wit and charm while documenting a career that spanned Hollywood's golden age transformation into the modern era.
Genres: biography, autobiography, biography-memoir, film
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: behind-the-scenes, celebrity-memoir
Setting: Hollywood
Period: 20th-century
336 pages · Hardcover · Collins