In fact, there were audible gasps as Moore sailed into the room, dispensing his best frozen-face hand smile, solemnly shaking hands.

"Loved you in The Saint," murmured an awe-struck voce. Moore's lips curled into a smile. "Thank you," he replied in his best RADA-trained accent.

Indeed, Moore collected his accolades with confidence, despite the fact that he claims not have seen Live and Let Die yet. His performance in it will go down as proof that it really doesn't matter who plays Bond, so long as he's handsome, and there are a lot of thrills.

Moore himself isn't worried about following in Sean Connery's footsteps - or in George Lazenby's either.

"Oh, come on," he said with mock peevishness. "There's really not much I can say about me and Sean, except that perhaps I'm thinner and have whiter teeth. Sean's a good friend of mine. We're country neighbors in England, and we visit often."