I had never seen anything like it. I love the old Hammer films. That’s true. Did you do some production work on MANIAC? They gave me a lovely golden unicorn award thing, which was great. Caroline Munro joined an elite group when she played the Bond girl in The Spy Who Loved Me. And Joe and Bill [Lustig] both asked me if I would do it. It’s like when you’re a child, and you play with your playmates…. You think, Well, yes, they’re all rather well-known. And I was really quite young then and he took me to the red light district and he said: this is one of the sights. CM: They were all extraordinary people – you don’t realize it when you’re young. There are always a lot of maybe’s in this business. At the time it was good. I wouldn’t have been the right choice. And it was in the village, so it was convenient. It’s an interesting character. 7336 likes 469 talking about this. CM: It doesn’t at the time when I’m doing it. I chickened out. Acting in films for nearly four decades, she has amassed an impressive filmography of genre titles. A lot of the scenes we shot got lost for some reason. A strange habit I have. My agent at the time, Dennis Salinger, said that I should go with the Bond film because it seemed the best bet. I worked with her on a photo shoot for Vanity Fair. They were romantic, they had a richness about them. I don’t know why that is. And after Jess yelled Cut! But the fans didn’t get it, I think. I didn’t set out to be an actress, you know, I have dyslexia and therefore school was always a problem for me. This interview first appeared in a shorter version in the Dutch fanzine Schokkend Nieuws. Caroline: My name is Caroline Munro from England, if anyone’s curious, and we’re here working on this wonderful thing with Mark our director, producer and main man and I am the Pirate Princess!It’s been so exciting, we’ve had a ball today recording it, it’s been so much fun working with all of you! So we went along and he took me to HALLOWEEN. Caroline Munro and Christopher Lee in Dracula A.D. 1972. How did you feel about the film when it was finished? Caroline Munro, Feltham. I have died and gone to heaven. On our first picture he was in his sad period. Great interview. caroline munro birthday and video of hammer film femmes at whitby and more art on cushing #CHRISTOPHERLEE! Cushing was just like my grandfather. I just saw it again yesterday and I noticed how in some scenes it seems to be an homage to the expressionist horror films of the thirties. Vincent effortlessly moves between his character, Harris, and that of narrator. And thoughtful. It’s one of my favorites; the acting, the ability to use just sound effects to convey mood and tell a story, was just brilliant. So I had double knickers on, double bras on, and the man was ripping my clothes and I was fighting and crying. I love the way they were shot. I remember he brought in this huge plate of pâté that he’d made for the make-up girls, hairdressers, everybody. They always like to exaggerate: raised in a convent and then she goes on to do all those films! Munro is Scottish. I suppose it was because it was at the end of Hammer’s reign. I was going to do it. So, the photograph won, I won and I became the face of the year. JS: God, I am so…jealous, you have no idea! Did anybody ever think Caroline Munro wasn’t you real name? I had the chance to go to Hollywood, but I had my family in England and that’s where my heart is. I don’t know if I should bring this up, but there’s something funny about the love scene you did with Paul Naschy. I suppose it was all kind of blatant, the way they used the females. If I was to choose to go to the cinema I wouldn’t necessarily go to a horror film, I’m not one that’s good at being scared. We had to fit it in with the festival. OFFICIAL TRAILER & POSTER!! It’s actually going through a law suit at the moment. Directed by William Lustig ( Maniac Cop 2 , Vigilante ) and featuring gore effects by Tom Savini ( Dawn of the Dead , Friday the 13th ), Maniac was originally banned or censored all over the world due to its graphic violence. At least that’s what most of the editors of fanzine Schokkend Nieuws felt about model, actress and cult movie star Caroline Munro. JS: One of my favorite directors is Gordon Hessler, who recently passed away. Could you tell us about Roger Moore both the actor and the man and what his main human qualities are? THE CAROLINE MUNRO INTERVIEW (2007) Caroline Munro is regarded by her most passionate fans as The First Lady of Fantasy. You and Ingrid Pitt did only two Hammer films each and still you are the two most famous Hammer actresses. We were in scenes together all the time on that one. It was a bit out of our league. That was his. Leggy, brunette-maned pin-up actress Caroline Munro was born in 1949 in Windsor, Berkshire, England, and lived in Rottingdean near Brighton where she attended a Roman Catholic convent school. It was the late seventies. It’s really a requirement, and not something that you can fake. In fact, the Munro’s are the oldest clan to come over from Spain. Caroline Munro, Actress: The Spy Who Loved Me. But suddenly you want more. We were listening to Frank Sinatra together. Burnt Flowers Fallen: Remembering Peter Steele and Type O Negative, 40 Years of Werewolves: Happy Anniversary to The Howling, God Told Me to Do It: The Cosmic Horror of Koji Shiraishi, Morbid Innovator: How Grant Morrison Made a Place for the Macabre in Batman and Comic Book History, White Zombie (1932) Indentured to Inhumanity, Top Ten Horror Watch List from Midnight Releasing, Top Ten Horror Picks from Bayview Entertainment, Top Ten Films from Horrornews.net label, “HNN Presents”. It’s a strange thing, that I was the only one. I was asked to go the Los Angeles premiere as well, but when I heard all the women’s groups were up in arms against the film, I thought: No way! I’m not sure if it came off that way. It did not turn out that way at all. and the episode was called “Blood Bath” and it was written by James Poe. It was meant to be hip at the time. I thought I was going to do art as art was something that I thought I could do better than other things. Sweet Caroline. I heard about Starcrash when I was New York shooting some commercials for Noxema. So, it was quite hard – I struggled in school, you know, I went to school at a convent, which was taught by nuns and they were all very strict. 11 talking about this. Uncanny! Anyone who’s in my age group and older has at one time or another seen one of his films on TV. You were the only actress to ever be under contract from Hammer, right? Caroline was able to take some time out of her traveling schedule and talk with me about her career. I think Martine [Beswick] would have been a better choice. It had Stéphane Audran, Telly Savalas, Chris Mitchum. Everything we shot with Caroline and Joe is in the movie. CM: Yeah, you tend not to like to watch it because you’ve done it and there’s nothing you can do. Don’t Look Now is an amazing film. There was a competition run by the photographer in the Sixties named David Bailey, who was wonderful. And I liked my part and I liked Jess. That they put their bums on the seat to watch a bit of my work. In an American book called Cult Movie Stars. Extraordinary, really. It didn’t have any sex, it didn’t have much violence. He said that he had this project for me and that he wanted me to do it. I was flown in from England for the premiere. Doesn’t he make cheeky films now? My dad was in the Gordon Highlanders, so I’m quite proud of that. She looked wonderful in that part, far more than I ever could have. Wasn’t there talk of a DOCTOR WHO production? CM: Wow! Content is available under CC BY-SA 3.0 unless otherwise noted. We had the iconic Ray Harryhausen who, of course, directed all of the special effects. But David Berkowitz killed couples. They had all these people, wonderful actors like Robert Duvall. I kind of got to know him quite well. But I don’t know if it will ever be made. We were photographed by Annie Leibowitz, which was a great honor. He used to adlib a lot. I wonder if that’s good or bad. The Future of the Force. I get contacted a lot by young film makers with big plans, and some of them sound quite good. Simon Hooper interviews the icon of cool that is Ian Ogilvy, star of Witchfinder General and Return of the Saint… Judging Judy Equally awe-inspiring. Caroline Munro: Hello, first it was lovely to work with you, Belle.. Belle: Thank you!. It was meant to be more of a spiritual thing, more intellectual. 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