Could've Been Played By: Sean Connery
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Another series I'm doing. Looking at what other Bond films could've been played by Sean Connery, assuming he was around age 33.
So far I can only think of 1 movie that would be better with Sean Connery: The Man With the Golden Gun
1. Connery in the role would've made Eon restrain a few of the corny jokes.
2. The arm-twisting scenes would've been much more believable by Connery than Moore
3. Connery would've been a better contrast in the lawful assassin vs. the lawless assassin duel against Scaramanga. Moore killed but wasn't a killer.
4. It just feels like a Connery movie with a certain brightness and serene-ness to it, but also with a more serious concept as a plot.
With On Her Majesty's Secret Service, a movie which a lot of people wish Connery played, it would've been different - not better. Assuming his performance was closer to YOLT than DAF, he probably could've done the romance with Rigg well and would've had more confidence in the role. But Lazenby added a sense of emotional vulnerability, a certain lightness about him as well as the anonymity needed to establish Bond as a regular person rather than a sex symbol.
LALD was specifically made for Moore, to contrast him from Connery, so no. TSWLM could have totally worked with Connery, but wouldn't have done justice to Moore's perfect performance in that. FYEO is possible if Connery does a similar performance to FRWL.
I think Dalton, Brosnan and Craig's movies wouldn't largely work for Connery because they're more modern, more action-packed/intense and darker. Although TLD and CR06 may have worked, to a mild degree, with Connery.
So far I can only think of 1 movie that would be better with Sean Connery: The Man With the Golden Gun
1. Connery in the role would've made Eon restrain a few of the corny jokes.
2. The arm-twisting scenes would've been much more believable by Connery than Moore
3. Connery would've been a better contrast in the lawful assassin vs. the lawless assassin duel against Scaramanga. Moore killed but wasn't a killer.
4. It just feels like a Connery movie with a certain brightness and serene-ness to it, but also with a more serious concept as a plot.
With On Her Majesty's Secret Service, a movie which a lot of people wish Connery played, it would've been different - not better. Assuming his performance was closer to YOLT than DAF, he probably could've done the romance with Rigg well and would've had more confidence in the role. But Lazenby added a sense of emotional vulnerability, a certain lightness about him as well as the anonymity needed to establish Bond as a regular person rather than a sex symbol.
LALD was specifically made for Moore, to contrast him from Connery, so no. TSWLM could have totally worked with Connery, but wouldn't have done justice to Moore's perfect performance in that. FYEO is possible if Connery does a similar performance to FRWL.
I think Dalton, Brosnan and Craig's movies wouldn't largely work for Connery because they're more modern, more action-packed/intense and darker. Although TLD and CR06 may have worked, to a mild degree, with Connery.
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So, I'm closing this one.