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Vol. 5 Num 207 Wed. December 22, 2004  
   
Culture


Now, James Bond turns Santa
Ex-James Bond Roger Moore will have to shed his image of the suave British spy and adorn the garb of Santa Claus in a cartoon to promote the children's charity, Unicef, according to The Sun.

Moore, who has performed the role of 007 in seven films stretching over a period of 12 years, agreed to collaborate with animation duo Olly Smith and Dan Chambers to make the hilarious flick, The Fly Who Loved Me, after seeing other cartoons they had made about him.

'He was such a good sport and really good humoured. He is the most lovely man to work with,' Smith was quoted as saying. The pair was so inspired after hearing about his work for the UN children's charity that they decided to make the flick 'to spread a bit of festive joy'.

In the flick Roger will appear as Father Christmas who has a crisis when Rudolf is too injured to pull the sleigh on Christmas Eve.

Between 1962 and 1999, there have been 20 Bond movies. Moore's first movie as Agent 007 was Live and Let Die in 1973 and his last was A View to Kill in 1985.

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