Sir Roger Moore has admitted an Irish man helped him start his acting career.
The former James Bond star was a part of the massive 007 franchise from 1973 to 1985.
“I was 16 and I was out of work. I had friends doing crowd work for a film called Caesar and Cleopatra,” he said.
Irish support: Sir Roger starred in a film adapted from one of George Bernard Shaw’s plays | EON PRODUCTIONS
The film Caesar And Cleopatra was a play written by Irish man George Bernard Shaw that was later made into the film that the actor starred in.
“They took me down and said, ‘You get [£30] a day, you will dress up as a Roman.’ I didn’t know whether I had a very short term role or a long spear,” he told Ryan Tubridy on the Late Late Show.
“The co-director on the film asked was I interested in being an actor if I wasn’t already and I said, ‘Yeah.’
“Then it was a question if I could get into the Royal Academy [Of Arts], whether I could be supported, whether my family were able to keep me.
“I met with my father, who thankfully said yes and I became an actor.”
