Sean Connery RIP

bnt · 31-10-2020 1:27pm #1

The BBC is reporting that Sir Sean Connery has died at the age of 90. I don't have any more details, but he was out of the public eye for years and there were some reports of ill health.

gmisk · 31-10-2020 1:28pm

Ah that is tremendously sad if true.
He was a cracking bond

NATLOR · 31-10-2020 1:30pm

Very sad to hear, the best Bond by a mile

RIP

Mr.Nice Guy · 31-10-2020 1:45pm

Sad to hear this. In his prime, for me, the best Bond ever. And in his later years he still oozed charisma, putting in a great performance in movies like Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade, Entrapment and The Rock. One of the all-time greats.

nj27 · 31-10-2020 1:46pm

RIP, definitely had one of the coolest and most natural onscreen presences I've seen.

facehugger99 · 31-10-2020 1:57pm

What a screen presence.

Effortlessly suave, incredibly handsome and charismatic.

Set the standard by which all Bonds will be judged.

Will raise a martini to him later and put on Goldfinger.

ThewhiteJesus · 31-10-2020 1:58pm

Legend, RIP

johnny_ultimate · 31-10-2020 1:59pm

A candidate for the best accent in the history of cinema. His screen presence wasn’t too shabby either

Caegan · 31-10-2020 2:01pm

Best Bond ever, RIP

Strumms · 31-10-2020 2:01pm

It’s confirmed...

https://news.sky.com/story/sir-sean-connery-james-bond-actor-dies-aged-90-12119570

Brilliant bond. Seemed like a nice fella off the screen too. Lived one hell of a life.

JoeA3 · 31-10-2020 2:03pm

So sad

RIP. Loved him as James Bond, unquestionably “the” James Bond.

Later years he put in some really memorable performances in non-Bond movies. The few that stick our in my mind - Indiana Jones’s Dad in The Last Crusade (my favourite Indy movie), the Untouchables, and some classic 90’s action The Rock and the Hunt for the Red October.

facehugger99 · 31-10-2020 2:08pm

He had a great run from 86-90.

Highlander, Name of the Rose, The Untouchables, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade and Hunt for Red October.

Mysterypunter · 31-10-2020 2:11pm

Fantastic actor, great screen presence, but I always laughed when he claimed to love Scotland, he loved it so much that lived in Los Angeles since about 1960.RIP

BorneTobyWilde · 31-10-2020 2:15pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPZ6eaL3S2E

Beric Dondarrion · 31-10-2020 2:21pm

Genuinely gutted to read this. RiP Mr. Connery, loved him in most of the stuff put out - Bond, The Rock, Indiana Jones, Name of the Rose......a true acting legend😟

Ficheall · 31-10-2020 2:22pm

Harry Palmr · 31-10-2020 2:25pm

x 1000

I'm not even thinking about Bond, he was so much better in other roles. From the delightful cool king cameo in "Time Bandits" to being broken in the glasshouse in "the Hill"

Totally compelling screen presence.

facehugger99 · 31-10-2020 2:29pm

Plumbthedepths · 31-10-2020 2:37pm

facehugger99 wrote: »

He had a great run from 86-90.

Highlander, Name of the Rose, The Untouchables, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade and Hunt for Red October.

Name of the Rose, very underrated some great actors in it.
RIP Mr Bond aka Sean Connery.

branie2 · 31-10-2020 2:38pm

RIP, he was the best of the Bond actors.

31-10-2020 2:43pm

Great foil in Indiana jones, forgetting about Crystal skull. Bested Ford there.

pixelburp · 31-10-2020 2:45pm

RIP; a powerhouse of charisma and swagger in his heyday, with a string of great performances outside his Bond work.

His string of passed over scripts in the late 90s makes for an interesting "what if?"; if he went for the Gandalf or Matrix roles rather than eventually jumping on the next blockbuster script that came his way - the awful League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.

Shred · 31-10-2020 2:46pm

So very sad, he was an absolute giant of the silver screen, R.I.P. Mr. Connery.

y0ssar1an22 · 31-10-2020 2:46pm

RIP. what an actor. condolences to family and friends.

AMKC · 31-10-2020 2:52pm

Awe thats sad. What an actor. He was/is a legend.
Lived to a good age do of 90.

RIP Sean Connery.

Heckler · 31-10-2020 3:41pm

Aw ****. This one got me bad. ****ing Sean Connery. I thought he was invincible.

The Rock it is tonight then. Or the Untouchables.

Nah. Its gonna be Highlander.

fluke · 31-10-2020 4:14pm

You're the man now dog.

RIP

Tony EH · 31-10-2020 4:29pm

Sad to hear, but been expecting it for some time. An interview I saw of him a couple of years ago displayed a severe and noticeable downward tick in health.

Strangely enough, instead of his Bond role which many will remember him for, I've always preferred him outside of Bond. He made some genuinely great films, 'The Hill', 'The Man Who Would Be King', 'A Bridge Too Far', 'The Name of the Rose', 'The Offence', 'Outland' and the wonderfully mad 'Zardoz', I would put down as some of my favourites.

One of the great Hollywood screen actors, despite his limitations.

Agent Coulson · 31-10-2020 4:44pm

One of the true greats. RIP.

MfMan · 31-10-2020 4:54pm

Ya, look out for The Offence, a piece of 70s crime grimness, starring everyone in British cinema and TV.

mikhail · 31-10-2020 5:38pm

Tony EH wrote: »

Strangely enough, instead of his Bond role which many will remember him for, I've always preferred him outside of Bond. He made some genuinely great films, 'The Hill', 'The Man Who Would Be King', 'A Bridge Too Far', 'The Name of the Rose', 'The Offence', 'Outland' and the wonderfully mad 'Zardoz', I would put down as some of my favourites.

I'd second The Man Who Would Be King. I've hugely enjoyed several less well remembered movies of his in recent months, including Robin and Marian, The Anderson Tapes, and The Wind and the Lion.

I have Shalako and The Russia House to hand, and have never seen either. I think I'll give them a spin in his honour tonight.

Sean Connery RIP

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