Sir Roger Moore recalls harrowing sparrow childhood event

Sir Roger Moore felt like a "murderer" when he killed a swallow - reports M&C.

The former James Bond star killed the bird by throwing a stone at it when he was a child, and the incident left him feeling so guilty he was put off blood sports for life.

Roger, 81, told Country Living magazine: "I was in the barn with a couple of other boys and we saw a swallow nesting in the rafters. I was very stupid, as boys often are, and in a moment of madness I threw a stone up at it and the bird fell dead to the ground.

"I felt ghastly, like a murderer. The incident has stayed with me all these years and had such a profound effect on me that I am completely opposed to any form of blood sport, and loathe hunting and shooting."

Roger - who had to handle firearms and perform martial arts in all his outings as 007 - has made no secret of the fact he hates violence.

Last year, he revealed he was horrified when he had to threaten to break actress Maud Adams' character's arm in 1974 Bond movie 'The Man with the Golden Gun'.

He said: "That sort of characterisation didn't sit well with me, but the director Guy Hamilton was keen to make Bond more ruthless.

"I suggested my Bond would have charmed the information out of her by bedding her first. My Bond was a lover and a giggler, but I went along with Guy."

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