Sean Connery Dies At 90

[HollowState]

Sean Connery, Hollywood's Quintessential James Bond, Dies at 90. (People)

 

[AllenB]

This is devastating, RIP Sean.

 

[vinylkid58]

RIP Sean Connery. Best James Bond ever!

 

[jan.didden]

Interestingly, the Oscar he got was for non-JB character movies.

Jan

 

[system7]

The Oscar was for "The Untouchables" which I have never seen.

Sean Connery - Wikipedia

My two favourites he did were "The Hunt for Red October" about the Soviet Submarine and "The Man who would be King" where he hammed it up with Michael Cane somewhere in India.

Both Connery and Caine considered the movie their favorite of all they had worked on.

Who has not tried to put on that voice: " A Dry Martini, Shaken not Shtirred."

"Your a Shite, Moneypenny. A Shite for Shore Eyes."

😱

 

[scottjoplin]

That voice meant he got away with that accent in every role 🙂

 

[system7]

Amazing. He got offered professional football terms and £25 a week by Manchester United. 🙂

He and George Best together would have packed the girls in. 😀

 

[Galu]

Is that a pishtol, or are you jusht pleashed to shee me?

 

[batteryman]

No formal acting training either. His massive screen presence more than made up for it.

 

[tubesguy]

Luckily, we'll always have Rob Brydon. ;-)

 

[diyiggy]

RIP

Damned Blofeld !

 

[chrisb]

Frankly, I always found his post Bond performances much more nuanced, but then they were written that way.

 

[Pano]

"The Hill" is one of my favorites. Connery and Ossie Davis were wonderful, along with everyone else.

It more than makes up for "Family Business"

 

[system7]

Here's some interesting further trivia about Sean Connery:

Connery was offered the role of Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings series but declined it, claiming he did not understand the script. Connery was reportedly offered $30 million along with 15 percent of the worldwide box office receipts for the role, which — had he accepted — would have earned him $450 million.

I can't quite see it myself. Too much of the tough guy for the role. 😀

 

[diyiggy]

Sean Connery : "Whos is this Grand'half ?" .... that's the problem with pronunciations in Scotland when a guy from NZ calls you....

 

[Galu]

Gaun yersel! Dae ye bide in NZ by ony chance! 😀

 

[Galu]

Not many people know this, but a young Sean Connery delivered my wife's granny's milk!

 

[Galu]

One of my favourite Sean Connery films is 'High Noon in Space' - better known as 'Outland'.

 

[Pano]

Little known fact: Sean Connery used to live in Acton Vale Park.
No, not sleeping under a bench, in this big house here at the bottom of the park.

 

[kevinahcc20]

His Bond was best but I thought The Untouchables was one of his best performances.