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HuffPost Personal. Add Roger Moore to a growing list of stars who are chiming in on the debate over whether or not a gay James Bond could ever happen. You are also agreeing to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.

By entering your email and clicking Sign Up, you're agreeing to let us send you customized marketing messages about us and our advertising partners. Join the HuffPost Community. Main Menu. 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.

NEW: Games. Still, other actors have shared similar sentiments about Bond being portrayed as a gay man. Sir Roger George Moore (14 October – 23 May ) was an English actor. Log in to hide these messages. Inside Roger Moore's Private World, His Heartbreak Over Daughter's Death — and His Colorful Love Life The actor's life was filled with both triumph and tragedy.

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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. Follow Us. Terms Privacy Policy. He was the third actor to portray Ian Fleming 's fictional secret agent James Bond in the Eon Productions / MGM Studios film series, playing the character in seven feature films: Live and Let Die (), The Man with the Golden Gun (), The Spy Who Loved Me (), Moonraker (), For Your Eyes Only ( 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.

Suggest a correction. The year-old actor, who played in seven films, beginning with " Live and Let Die " in through " A View to a Kill " insaid 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.

Join today and support our work. Membership connects you to a movement of readers who believe good journalism builds a better world. But it would certainly make for interesting viewing. Submit a tip. Already contributed? The current Bond, however, isn't opposed to the idea.

Go to Homepage. Ben Pruchnie via Getty Images. What's Hot. Support HuffPost Already contributed? 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 undertonesMoore insisted they had been taken out of context. He was also a renowned.