Roger Moore takes on Sean Connery as Bonds battle over Scottish independence As James Bond they were supposed to defend Queen and country, whatever the cost. But Sir Roger Moore has taken a friendly swipe at fellow Bond Sir Sean Connery's support for a breakaway Scottish state in an interview, blaming him for the troubles of the Royal Bank of Scotland because "he drew all his money in cash." Speaking at The Times Cheltenham Literature Festival, Moore said he was proud to be both English and British. "Of course I have great pride in being English," he said. We were brought up with the idea that 'We are the best', which is not quite true. I'm proud to be British. I said English, but I meant British. Sir Sean, however, is a member of Alex Salmond's Scottish National Party and the proud owner of a "Scotland Forever" tattoo on his arm. Sir Roger added that although they disagreed on the issue of unification, it was unlikely they would come to blows because the Scotsman was much stronger than him. "I wouldn't want to get into a fist fight with Sean," he said. He's big. In 2007, Connery wrote a column in the Scottish Sunday Express that proclaimed "I've always been hopeful about Scotland's prospects. And I now believe more than ever that Scotland is within touching distance of achieving independence and equality. Moore appeared at the festival to promote his Bond on Bond book, which includes his regrets about describing himself as a "three-expression actor" based on whether or not his eyebrows were raised. Moore played James Bond between 1973 and 1985, and Connery took on the secret agent role between 1962 and 1973, with a brief return in 1983 for the film Never Say Never Again.