[moose-matson]

Moore had to go tongue-in-cheek after Connery's neanderthal Bond. It's too bad since Moore's Saint was more like Bond than his Bond was.

btw...Ian Fleming wrote Bond with David Niven in mind as the model.

[tlb]

>>> Ian Fleming wrote Bond with David Niven in mind as the model

Actually Bond was modeled on a musician/composer of the 40s and 50s named Hoagy Carmichael. Two or three of the early novels reference how it annoyed Bond when people mistake him for Hoagy. A spy should blend in to the crowd, not be asked for his autograph.

Playing for Lauren Bacall in "To Have and Have Not".