The Saint? Not Really
Fighting to leave this post absolutely blank, reflecting my general dislike for the time Roger Moore spent playing James Bond, I am reminded that his twelve-year, seven-film spin as the globe-trotting spy is actually second only to Connery's in longevity and impact.
But in all seriousness, the one-time
Saint and
Persuader filled the role with a rather campy take on the romantic and daring spy that none of the other Bonds have attempted to replicate, for a reason.
With the blaxploitation beginnings in
Live and Let Die, to the battle with Christopher Walken as a fifty-eight-year-old Bond in
A View to a Kill, Moore brought his own take to the stories, making him famous for Bond but not necessarily the most famous Bond.
Barrie M. Osborne, producer of the smash hit Lord of the Rings, has confessed to Entertainment Weekly that Peter Jackson's vision was not the first script for the movie. He admits that corporate sponsors and record labels had been pressuring him into making a more commercial version. 
