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One of my favorite actors is gone… From few lines on “The Longest Day” in “The Battle of the Bulge” and even his “Ramirez” in “Highlander”. RIP
“The Man Who Would Be King” with Michael Caine, gets Auntie’s vote for favourite Sean Connery film.
The Man Who Would Be King, Finding Forrester, Medicine Man, The Name Of The Rose, The Great Train Robbery, The Wind And The Lion, Darby O’Bill And The Little People …
Before you feel sad, I have a story about him. He was evidently one of the biggest dickheads in the world.
When I worked in Angola, our general Services Manager Frank – a real irascible Irishman – used to tell us a story about a contract he once had to build a bunch of high end houses around a golf course in the Bahamas. They were on the final stages of the exterior work and had just tarred on the roofing felt and were going to get the tiles on in a couple of days when the complex management pulls up on their golf cart and tells him they have to rip off all the roofing felt within 24 hours. From what I understand this was like 20 houses, big ones too.
So the Irishman goes off his face and demands to know why. Evidently, he had been shipped red felt for the job, so all the houses would have red roofs for a few days before the tiles were put on. But Sean Connery, who owned once of the early phase houses, had arrived and was planning to play a single round of golf had decided that the red color of the felt would interfere with his golf game and demanded that all the red felt be torn off the houses so he could play his one round of golf without that disturbance. Connery evidently really kicked up a fuss and was threatening everyone in the development with losing their jobs. The red felt would have to come off, and within 24 hours, night shift work in the dark.
So the Irishman and his roofing crew worked all night to get the felt off the roofs and then took some of it and quietly covered Sean Connery’s driveway with it, tar and all. The next day, everyone associated with the housing construction project was fired with no further assistance from the company. Frank and several other supervisors had find accommodations during peak season and then pay their way back to the UK all out of their own pockets.
Evidently, this Sean Connery in real life was one of the biggest assholes on the planet. Fuck him. We need to quit putting these actor pricks on a pedestal.
Heresay.
Most Scots I knew when I lived in Scotland didn’t like him either. He was an asshole.
Moreover, these Bond movies were made to exalt the intelligence ‘communities’ that upended peaceful democracies for their natural resources and killed Kennedy. Too bad he didn’t die 90 years ago.
I remember though a lot of the Scots and English liked the Bond series books. But the Scots really didn’t like King Connery. The Scots did really like Billy Connolly though, he was the most popular Scottish actor when I lived there.
In 1974 I met a beautiful woman in a bar in New Orleans, I mean a 10.
We had a fling, hotter than a pepper sprout that lasted six months and covered three states. She told me a Sean Connery story, and I believe it was true.
She and a friend she was going to college with were sitting in a high end bar in the French Quarter. Two drinks they had not ordered showed up, and a man walked up to their table, pointed to a large table in the corner with three other men sitting at it and said: “My boss wants you to bring your drinks and join our table”.
She was use to this treatment, looked at the table and recognized Connery who was smiling at her, but pretended not to recognize him and said to the gofer. “Who is your boss?”
He said, “Sean Connery”.
She said, “Tell who ever he is if he wants to meet me to come over himself”.
The gofer frowned and gave the message.
The four of them, with Connery in the lead immediately got up and left walking past her and her girlfriend. Connery was in a bit of a huff ignoring her as he walked right past her to leave. The other three were in single file behind him…all smiling at her.
She was a looker…and a fire cracker.
We don’t even have 007 to help get us out of this mess, now.
He proved sexy at any adult age.
RIP 007.
Another Great one gone RIP
Doc, you came up with the scene and the movie that jumps to my mind upon hearing of his death.
“What are ya PREPARED TO DO?!”
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1280264514009628672.html
Rest in Peace, Sir Thomas. You were the first and best 007.
Why do some people love to destroy our illusions? Its not like he stole our freedoms. I will save my angst and anger for the real assholes like Bill Gates and Klaus Schwab.
Although condolences go out to Connery’s family, friends and fans – my favorite Bond exchange was delivered by Roger Moore in “A View to a Kill”:
As Bond follows an attractive babe up a flight of stairs, he learns she likes to go horseback riding…
007 says: “I take it you spend quite a lot of time in the saddle.”
She replies: “Yes, I love an early morning ride.”
Bond responds: “Well, I’m an early riser myself.”
That’s some funny shit right there, James. Truly a LOL moment upon reading Sal’s tweet.
Creative stuff.
Like him or not, you gotta admire a guy that was antisocial to prevent the herd from devouring him and according to the zerohedge writeup, shared a helipad with the King of the Netherlands.
Favorite Connery,while enjoyed the Bond movies ect. felt his portrayal as a SAS soldier/man who knew it all in “The Rock” me favorite.
I liked Moore in the TV series the Saint, but he was the worst puncher of all of them, and used a stunt double the most.