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Connery looks bored

posted 9 years ago by Slavish_asteroid90
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I still enjoy this movie but can't help noticing how bored Sean Connery looks. He puts in an entirely flat performance in this once - a huge contrast to Goldfinger and Thunderball where he was clearly having tremendous fun.

[–] mistermycroft 9 years ago

That's because he didn't want to do this film, he was fighting with the producers, and he couldn't wait for his contract to end, which it did once YOLT was over. That's why he didn't do the next movie and Lazenby took over

[–] mariakelly-04164 7 years ago

Yes, I admit that Sean Connery was phoning it in, but I'm glad he did it because it's one of my favorite Bond movies.

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[–] TMC-4 (19392) 6 years ago

https://www.datalounge.com/thread/21631960-anyone-follow-james-bond-films-

Connery was really fed up with the Bond producers increasingly shitty attitude toward him, basically- we made you, we can easily replace you etc. At this stage, Connery was the hottest male star on the planet, more than a movie star, a cultural phenomenon, the press/public intrusion was insane and the Bond movies were very, very lucrative for the producers, not so much for Connery. They were in Japan shooting You Only Live Twice when he decided to quit.

After Lazenby didn't work out the studio more or less ordered Broccoli and Saltzman to get Connery back, whatever the price. He got a million dollars upfront for Diamonds are Forever (which is shit and Connery looks terrible in it) and a guarantee the studio would finance/produce two movies of his choice. Something like that...

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[–] andersb-36022 7 years ago

Bored or tired, maybe both...DR No was great and so was From Russia with Love. He put in a good but subdued performance in Goldfinger. By Thunderball he seemed to act as a favor and not because he enjoyed it any longer.

[–] KingCobra686 7 years ago

He does look bored. Hes missing a lot of the enthusiasm that he showed in earlier movies.

At this point, he was just waiting for his contract to end.

[–] LordBAElish (2015) 5 years ago

Connery had def. mailed in his performance by YOLT. He didn't want to be typecast as James Bond. He felt he wasn't paid enough, and didn't have enough involvement in the script or production. Thats why he came back for Diamonds, he got paid a lot and had say in the script. He was also fed up with the hysteria that came with being James Bond, he was treated very poorly by the Japanese press, they were relentless, and he was fed up.