Sir Roger Moore can’t drink dry martinis.
The 87-year-old former James Bond actor is unable to consume his most famous character’s trademark alcoholic beverage because of his diabetes, but has learnt how to make the perfect one thanks to the film franchise and plans to down six of the drinks in a row if he ever finds out he has 24 hours to live.
He said: “The sad fact is that I know exactly how to make a dry martini but I can’t drink them because, two years ago, I discovered I was diabetic.
“I prefer one with gin, but James Bond liked a vodka martini, ‘shaken not stirred’ – which I never said, by the way, that was Sean Connery. Remember him?”
“My dry martinis taste amazing and the day they tell me I’ve got 24 hours to live I am going to have six.”