What happened to the muscle?
christotheman
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Hey guys apparently Sean Connery was once a bodybuilder, but in FRWL when he is about to have a shower but gets distracted by the sound he looks average, here is a pic form his bodybuilding days:
"Another time, Another Place"
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It was taken in 1950 when he was twenty for the Mr Universe competition.
Actualy in an age of organic foods, frowning on smoking drinking and attempts to get people more active in general terms, standards - or at least peer pressure - is higher!
Personally whether it was right or wrong compared to the real MI6, CIA etc etc, I prefered Craigs' buff look in CR. It was said he wanted to look like a man who could kill without thinking about it. - He did!
I think Mr Brosnan deserves a special nod - I get the distinct impression from that he takes keeping healthly and in shape seriously.
He looked pretty fit---for a Geezer Bond---in NSNA, as far as that goes; I hope I look like that with my shirt off when I'm 53
"I am not an entrant in the Shakespeare Stakes." - Ian Fleming
"Screw 'em." - Daniel Craig, The Best James Bond EverTM
I'm with you there. Craig's build in CR was IMO very appropriate for someone with his SBS background; someone with a discipline for staying fit. I've always thought that Craig's desire to look dangerous with his shirt off was a means of compensating for his shorter-than-the-average-Bond height. If he was too muscular in CR (which I don't necessarily concede), I think he's nearly perfectly built (to be Bond) in QoS, where his training focus was more on cardio and endurance---he was visibly less 'big' through the chest and shoulders. In the scene with Fields in the hotel room, Craig is built as much like Fleming's Bond as any actor ever has been---including Classic Early Connery.
Lazenby was also just about right, as was Dalton (if a bit on the thin side). Brozzer was a bit too slight in GE, but compensated with the distinctive panache of his movement. He was bigger in TND, which I thought served him well.
"I am not an entrant in the Shakespeare Stakes." - Ian Fleming
"Screw 'em." - Daniel Craig, The Best James Bond EverTM
I think Craig looked un-naturally muscular in CR and better proportioned in QOS. My wife seconds my observation. I think I'll have to have words...
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In Layer Cake he is not big at all. I think simply he keeps in shape for his films
You're right, Welshie. You can see from the Press Conference photos when he first got the gig, that he's naturally slim. He just trains hard before the films.
PB did have that short scene in GE in the hotel pool wearing only trunks, whereas GL wore only his tidy whities and boots while horsing around in the snow...of course all behind-the-scenes!
My mother, who saw the original Bonds in the theater, said men with too much muscle looked odd, except maybe in movies about ancient Rome or whatever. They moved in a clumsy, lumbering way, and lacked the grace the hero should have. They didn't look natural. She didn't find it attractive nor did any of the women she knew.
To them, it was a weird, exaggerated body type, analogous to the ultra thin woman with gigantic fake breasts today. But, both have become commonplace today, so people are used to it.
I get it. I prefer the "Marilyn Monroe" body type to the stripper. But, to each their own.