Detournement Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 Two entertainers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mizfit Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 If my gran was alive she’d be shedding tears. She made it no secret to us that she had a crush on Sean Connery whenever James Bond was mentioned in her presence 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 1 hour ago, Detournement said: Two entertainers. Is he out of jail then? Not Sean obviously. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 2 hours ago, Shotgun said: From Wikipedia: At a muscular 6'2", Connery was initially met with disapproval from Fleming, who believed he was an overgrown stuntman lacking the finesse and elegance to play James Bond; he envisaged a suave actor, such as David Niven, playing the role. Producer Albert R. Broccoli—known to all as Cubby—disagreed with Fleming's view, later commenting that "I wanted a ballsy guy ... put a bit of veneer over that tough Scottish hide and you've got Fleming's Bond instead of all the mincing poofs we had applying for the job". David Niven played James Bond in the 1967 film Casino Royale that also starred Woody Allen and Peter Sellers. Definitely not the best Bond film. I always suspected Ian Fleming would have preferred someone like Edward Fox for the role. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 2 minutes ago, mizfit said: If my gran was alive she’d be shedding tears. She made it no secret to us that she had a crush on Sean Connery whenever James Bond was mentioned in her presence I think it was the law that any woman born before 1970 was legally obliged to be receptive to a pumping from Edinburgh's finest. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeWhoWalksBehindTheRows Posted November 1, 2020 Share Posted November 1, 2020 (edited) Edited November 1, 2020 by HeWhoWalksBehindTheRows 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Mark Connolly Posted November 1, 2020 Share Posted November 1, 2020 This might be of interest and prompt some discussion - https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/guide/all-sean-connery-movies-ranked-by-tomatometer/ It's fucking wrong would be my take. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diegomarahenry Posted November 1, 2020 Share Posted November 1, 2020 There are two stories about Sean Connery in Rodger Moore's book. Once at a party hosted by Lana Turner, Rodger was dancing with Lana when her then boyfriend, a well known gangster made it clear that they should stop, Rodger said he bottled it and went and sat down, later at the party, Sean was dancing with Lana and the same thing happened, only this time, Sean decked the gangster. He said that he was definitely the best Bond after that. The second was when Moore tried tried to patch up the relationship between Broccoli and Connery, he invited them both to lunch without telling them the other was coming. Broccoli opened by saying that he'd read recently Sean had told press that he wouldn't even "piss in Cubby's ear if his brain was on fire" Sean replied saying, Oh, I would definitely piss in your ear if your brain was on fire. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bold Rover Posted November 1, 2020 Share Posted November 1, 2020 10 minutes ago, ICTChris said: Ignoramus. "Has past." 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurkst Posted November 1, 2020 Share Posted November 1, 2020 2 hours ago, Mark Connolly said: This might be of interest and prompt some discussion - https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/guide/all-sean-connery-movies-ranked-by-tomatometer/ It's fucking wrong would be my take. #1 is certainly wrong. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted November 1, 2020 Share Posted November 1, 2020 Medicine Man was alright, as I recall. Not sure why that's only on 19%. Have never seen, or even previously heard of, the number one on the list. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted November 1, 2020 Share Posted November 1, 2020 (edited) Driving by Turnberru as a kid in the back of my aunt’s Metro. She slams on the brakes and pulls in to the car park, having clocked what the crowd of people milling around is about. “It’s Sean Connery!” my mum and aunt are shrieking. By then I’d heard of him but didn’t know much more. We get out and I expect to see some bronzed young Hollywood hunk when I clock the person in question and feel quite shocked at the behaviour of all the shrieking women. I point and tell them “BUT HE’S AN OLD MAN!” and nearly get lynched. The woman slapping stuff is deeply troubling though. Even more than his Zardoz outfit. Edited November 1, 2020 by Shandön Par 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RandomGuy. Posted November 1, 2020 Share Posted November 1, 2020 On 31/10/2020 at 14:39, Drew Brees said: There’s that, and I can’t bring myself to wish anything good on men who beat on women. Strange how I've never seen you berating your club for hiring Neil Lennon then. Or is threatening to "put a knife to the throat" of the woman you're cheating on your pregnant wife with, if she tells anyone, different? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbornbairn Posted November 1, 2020 Share Posted November 1, 2020 48 minutes ago, ICTChris said: "Things that never happened" thread for this pish 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btb Posted November 1, 2020 Share Posted November 1, 2020 On 31/10/2020 at 13:54, Ludo*1 said: My favourite Connery tale is that he was offered the role of Gandalf in The Lord of The Rings trilogy but turned it down because he didn't understand the script. After seeing the success, he decided that the next time he was offered something he didn't understand, he'd jump at it hence the clusterfuck that was The League of Extraordinary Gentleman. After that was released - he thought, nah f**k this, I'm done. That and the fact that Steven Seagal broke Sean Connery's wrist and he didn't realise until many years later. Not only offered the role but a % of the box office - $350M I read somewhere! .....and just think of the names he'd have had to get his tongue around - Frodo Bagginsh & Shamwise Gamgee. RIP Big Man 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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