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Connery fed up with Hollywood 'idiots'
It is a decision that will horrify his legion of worldwide fans and leave grown women in tears.
Scottish screen legend Sir Sean Connery has almost drawn the curtain on his long and glittering career by revealing it would take a Mafia-style "offer he couldn't refuse" to tempt him to make another film. At the age of 74, Connery still manages to be Britain's highest-paid actor, commanding up to £10m per movie. But his three-year absence from the industry has prompted questions about whether the Scots star has decided to retire after half a century in Hollywood and 77 films. Now, Connery has provided the answer. In an interview with a New Zealand newspaper, the actor says he has no time for the "idiots" now making films in Hollywood. Although he will never say never, Connery blames the current generation of executives running the big Hollywood studios for his reluctance to step back into Tinseltown. "I'm fed up with the idiots ... the ever-widening gap between people who know how to make movies and the people who green-light the movies," Connery says. "I don't say they're all idiots. I'm just saying there's a lot of them that are very good at it [being idiots].  It would almost need a Mafia-like offer I couldn't refuse to do another movie." much more here: Never say never, but Connery ends career ------------------- Its too bad since Connery was one of my favorite actors. Guy still has a tremendous amount of charisma. Enjoy your retirement, Mr. Bond.   |
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08-09-2005, 02:52 AM
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I somewhat agree with him.
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08-09-2005, 08:41 AM
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I think he just doesn't like city people...
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08-09-2005, 09:37 AM
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"I'll take Anal Bum Cover for 200"
"That's An Album Cover Mr. Connery..." 
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08-09-2005, 09:47 AM
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I can agree... but it probably was HIS choice to star in "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen".
 Maybe he can do some cameo role work... for James Bond. 
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08-09-2005, 11:11 AM
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08-09-2005, 11:50 AM
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08-09-2005, 12:36 PM
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Connery
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I am? J/K, I know that's a line from Finding Forrester, which is a very good movie by the way. I couldn't agree more about how much LXG sucked! I walked out of that one (which makes it one of only about 7 movies that I've ever walked out of and left! Let's see, there was Event Horizon, Galaxy Quest, The Lady Killers... Can't remember the rest. I really like Connery as well. I hope someone who is NOT an idiot will convince him to do another good movie soon.
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08-09-2005, 02:21 PM
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08-09-2005, 02:55 PM
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BTW... I walked out of "Russia House" which guess what... It was also a Sean Connery film (from back in the late eighties/early 90s). The man does have some STINKERS in his past... doesn't he? |
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08-09-2005, 05:53 PM
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08-09-2005, 09:16 PM
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08-12-2005, 01:56 PM
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You sure that's spit you're cleaning off your monitor?
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08-12-2005, 08:25 PM
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08-12-2005, 08:43 PM
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08-13-2005, 10:29 PM
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what a bummer... i really enjoy watching films with sean connery
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