article_snippet: Roger Moore Roger Moore has blamed a French magazine for embroiling Roger Moore in a racism row after it reported Roger Moore comments that Idris Elba cannot play James Bond because Idris Elba was not 'English-English' enough.
article_snippet: Roger Moore made his comments that Idris Elba cannot play James Bond because he was not 'English-English' enough in an interview with French magazine Paris Match, although the former Bond star claimed Roger Moore words had been 'lost in translation'.
article_snippet: The actor, who left Britain in 1978 and splits Roger Moore time between Switzerland and Monaco said: 'An interview I gave to French magazine Paris Match implies I said something racist about Idris Elba.
article_snippet: Roger Moore, pictured, claimed that Roger Moore was misquoted when it was reported Idris Elba could not play 007 .
article_snippet: The 87-year-old actor, who is an ambassador for Unicef, starred in seven Bond movies between 1973 and 1985.
article_snippet: Roger Moore told French magazine Paris Match: 'A few years ago, I said that [black actor] Cuba Gooding Jnr would make an excellent Bond, but it was a joke!' replies Sir Roger, 87, who starred in seven Bond movies between 1973 and 1985. '