Lois Maxwell the character as the producers felt it important to incorporate the regular character and actress Lois Maxwell. Maxwell and Connery filmed their lines separately and were not present together for the short scene However, she stayed on as Moneypenny when her former classmate, Roger Moore, assumed the role of 007 in "Live and Let Die" (1973). She reprised her character, weeping for the death of Bond, in a short scene with Lee in the French comedy "Bons baisers de Hong Kong" (1975). During the filming of "A View to a Kill" (1985), her final appearance as Moneypenny, producer Cubby Broccoli
Motifs in the James Bond film series films from "Dr. No" in 1962 to "Moonraker" in 1979. With Lee's illness from stomach cancer in 1980–1981, he was unable to appear in his scenes for "For Your Eyes Only"; he died on 16 January 1981 and, out of respect, no new actor was hired to assume the role for the film. Instead, the script was re-written so that the character is said to be on leave, letting Chief of Staff Bill Tanner takes over the role as acting head of MI6 and briefing Bond alongside the Minister of Defence. Lee was replaced for four films between 1983 and