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Roger Moore: 'Bond is too violent'

Published Wednesday, Nov 12 2008, 20:58 GMT | By Sarah Rollo
Roger Moore: 'Bond is too violent'

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Sir Roger Moore has revealed that the portrayal of James Bond has become too violent for his tastes.

The 81-year-old actor played 007 in the 1970s and early 80s, but admitted that the bloodshed was already increasing by his seventh outing in A View To A Kill. "That wasn't Bond," he told The Telegraph.

Speaking after the release of latest instalment Quantum Of Solace, he said: "I am happy to have done it, but I'm sad that it has turned so violent. That's keeping up with the times, it's what cinema-goers seem to want and it's proved by the box office figures."

Quantum Of Solace broke UK box office records on its first day, making £4.9 million to beat the previous high of £4.03 million held by Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire.

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