12 Things You Learn Rewatching For Your Eyes Only

10. Roger Moore's Looking Old, But He's Still Got It

For Your Eyes Only Roger Moore
United Artists

Roger Moore turned 53 years old during the production of For Your Eyes Only, and the producers were fundamentally aware of his age to the point that they actively considered recasting the role.

While A View to a Kill in particular embarrassingly ignores Moore's accelerating age and is all the worse for it, this movie mercifully still finds Moore in fairly spry shape (and his 30-year age difference with Carole Bouquet somehow isn't too distracting).

The action sequences are kinetic yet don't make Moore look sluggish or stiff: he's a little slower and rougher, sure, but it adds some heft and weight to the movie's set-pieces. He's certainly still credible running around and punching people, even if he's definitely starting to look a little on the weathered side.

Simply, this really should've been the jumping-off point for Moore, as it would've been a fairly graceful way to bow out.

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