Why Is Sean Connery Such An Old Curmudgeon?
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If rumours are to believed, Sir Sean has snubbed this year's 50th Anniversary Bond celebrations. Why does he seem so antagonistic towards this franchise, the one which made his name? He bangs on about being denied profits, the producers, etc but all this moaning is starting to wear a little thin.
Compare this approach to Sir Roger, an actor derided by many for lampooning the franchise but who at least remains loyal to a series of films which helped propel him into the big time.
As much as I like Connery as an actor, such a churlish approach does him no favours as far as I'm concerned.
Compare this approach to Sir Roger, an actor derided by many for lampooning the franchise but who at least remains loyal to a series of films which helped propel him into the big time.
As much as I like Connery as an actor, such a churlish approach does him no favours as far as I'm concerned.
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He always felt being used and cheated and he does feel that Bond owes everything to him and that he does not owe anything to Bond.
Part of his universe.
Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
Anyway, Broccoli and Saltzman fell out with each other too.
Sir Rog does have a different attitude, but each to his own. Rog was never gonna make it as any other movie star or actor, Sean was a good actor and of course did other A-list films, albeit eventually.
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A friend of mine used to work for a major airline and carried Connery, Moore, Brosnan and Craig. He said that Moore, Brosnan and Craig couldn't have been nicer. He said that Moore was an absolute perfect gentleman in every way, Brosnan was very warm and friendly and Craig was shy but completely down to earth. Connery was none of these things, unfortunately. I don't like to judge people on one occasion because we all have our days and our moments, but his anecdotes do seem to match the general profile of the four of them.
That sums it up pretty well -{
Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
I think, that the fact, that the movie was not from EON together with a huge paycheck made it easier for him.
And as EON = Bond, It's still save to say, that he did and does not want anything to do with Bond.
Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
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Roger Moore 1927-2017
What are bobbits? I never heard Connery talk about Japanese women. Strange since he was in a movie with all those beautiful Japanese women. I've read about him feeling stiffed over Bond. Some people don't forget that. Maybe he's very private too. I recall Cary Grant saying something about how he wanted to be remembered as Cary Grant when he was getting older.
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think that's classed as 'doing a romney' aint it?
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Connery was approached to play Gandalf in Lord of the Rings, and went off in some interview about being confused by the script and kept making references to bobbits. While I certainly don't expect everyone to have read Tolkein, it seems like you would have to be living under a rock for the last 60 or so years to have never even have heard the term hobbit.
As for Japanese women, yes, it was on the press junket for YOLT.
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Says AJB's King of Romneys.. 8-)
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In an interview for the game he said that he thought video games were a great new form of entertainment, apparently he was enthusiastic about video games. Ive also figured it wouldnt make sence to have his likeness but someone else doing the voice.
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"Connery came to the Bond franchise as a relative unknown, but the series launched him into superstardom. Although he left the role in 1967, to pursue other kinds of movies, he said of the part, "I never disliked Bond, as some have thought. Creating a character like that does take a certain craft. It's simply natural to seek other roles."
http://movies.yahoo.com/blogs/movie-talk/sean-connery-became-james-bond-204900836.html
Actually, the heroes are trying to destroy the ring, not go after it. And the story is about far more than that. Though of course the films are nowhere near the complexity and depth of J.R.R. Tolkien's masterwork.
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They definitely didn't become classics for having "not a great plot". Very great books (and a great film trilogy) that are still discussed because they are well done.
I'm sure Connery knew of the series, but he may have specifically not felt a connected understanding between himself in the script (along with the idea of shooting for a year and a half in New Zealand).
Holy ****! That must have been quite an expierence to carry four of the major Bond actors... But that raises a question. Why were the four Bond actors on a plane together anyway? Where were they going?
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I am almost certain you mis-understood what The Domino Effect meant. I believe he meant that his friend worked for an airline (as a pilot or steward?) and the four Bond actors were passengers on his plane. Passengers on separate occasions, not together at the same time.
I see, I did misunderstood, sorry about that...
But still, pretty cool to have carried them as passengers on separate occasions as well!
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I can't stand actors who shun the characters that made them a star.