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    • sparky
      sparky @NTA last edited by

      @NTA said in R.I.P. 2020:

      Sean Connery.

      Dang

      Sean Connery: James Bond actor dies aged 90

      Entertainment & Arts

      Sean Connery: James Bond actor dies aged 90

      Sean Connery: James Bond actor dies aged 90

      He was the first to bring James Bond to the big screen and played the role seven times.

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      • NTA
        NTA last edited by

        Sean Connery.

        Dang

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        • booboo
          booboo @NTA last edited by

          @NTA said in R.I.P. 2020:

          Sean Connery.

          Dang

          Poo

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          • MiketheSnow
            MiketheSnow last edited by

            Fucking great innings

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            • Victor Meldrew
              Victor Meldrew @NTA last edited by Victor Meldrew

              @NTA said in R.I.P. 2020:

              Sean Connery.

              Dang

              Wonderful sense of humour as well. He was great mates with Roger Moore and told a story that he wanted Moore to have a cameo at the end of his comeback Bond film Never Say Never. Connery said the plan was for them to bump into each other, mutter, and walk on.

              Moore, who was in a rival Bond film as the time, loved the idea, but the producers of the film wouldn't agree. Soulless bastards

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              • MN5
                MN5 last edited by

                RIP to a deadset Legend of cinema. Not much more to be said. Thank you so much for the memories and terrific performances and playing every single role with a Scottish accent.

                One of the coolest men to have ever existed.

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                • JC
                  JC @NTA last edited by

                  @NTA Shit that’sh shtink

                  RIP to the world’s greatest Scotsman.

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                  • MN5
                    MN5 @JC last edited by

                    @JC said in R.I.P. 2020:

                    @NTA Shit that’sh shtink

                    RIP to the world’s greatest Scotsman.

                    Not even up for debate

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                    • raznomore
                      raznomore last edited by raznomore

                      I loved his James Bond as most people did.

                      But for me and a particular time in my early teens I loved 3 movies he was in and the first role was as an Egyptian Immortal with the Scottish accent names Juan Sánchez-Villalobos Ramírez . Not because it was a great character or his performance any better than his others but because he was Egyptian with the most Spanish names you could possibly have and he was cast opposite a Frenchman murdering a Scottish accent....horrible movie really but still a guilty pleasure of mine.

                      The next was Jim Malone in the Untouchables for which he won an Oscar. Playing an Irish beat cop with a Scottish accent. Great death scene and the scene at the cabin is an all time classic.

                      Lastly his Russian submarine commander with a Scottish accent Marko Ramius. Another stirring performance done without so much as a single fuck given to authenticity.

                      RIP

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                      • MN5
                        MN5 @raznomore last edited by

                        @raznomore said in R.I.P. 2020:

                        I loved his James Bond as most people did.

                        But for me and a particular time in my early teens I loved 3 movies he was in and the first role was as an Egyptian Immortal with the Scottish accent names Juan Sánchez-Villalobos Ramírez . Not because it was a great character or his performance any better than his others but because he was Egyptian with the most Spanish names you could possibly have and he was cast opposite a Frenchman murdering a Scottish accent....horrible movie really but still a guilty pleasure of mine.

                        The next was Jim Malone in the Untouchables for which he won an Oscar. Playing an Irish beat cop with a Scottish accent. Great death scene and the scene at the cabin is an all time classic.

                        Lastly his Russian submarine commander with a Scottish accent Marko Ramius. Another stirring performance done without so much as a single fuck given to authenticity.

                        RIP

                        I am surprised he won an Oscar, he wasn’t a great actor in my opinion.

                        An absolutely legendary film star though.

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                        • canefan
                          canefan @raznomore last edited by canefan

                          @raznomore his accent was like Zoolander's blue steel

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                          • raznomore
                            raznomore @MN5 last edited by

                            @MN5 I agree. Great to watch but not a great actor. He was like Arnold or The Rock before they existed. He was always the same person in his films. Himself

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                            • booboo
                              booboo @canefan last edited by

                              @canefan said in R.I.P. 2020:

                              @raznomore his accent was like Zoolander's blue steel

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                              But Magnum ...

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                              • canefan
                                canefan @booboo last edited by

                                @booboo said in R.I.P. 2020:

                                @canefan said in R.I.P. 2020:

                                @raznomore his accent was like Zoolander's blue steel

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                                But Magnum ...

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                                • taniwharugby
                                  taniwharugby @raznomore last edited by

                                  @raznomore said in R.I.P. 2020:

                                  He was always the same person in his films. Himself

                                  But by God he was fucking cool!!

                                  RIP

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                                  • MN5
                                    MN5 @raznomore last edited by

                                    @raznomore said in R.I.P. 2020:

                                    @MN5 I agree. Great to watch but not a great actor. He was like Arnold or The Rock before they existed. He was always the same person in his films. Himself

                                    Absolutely. I certainly didn’t mean what I said in a bad way but he was no De Niro, Pacino, Day Lewis etc, nor did he try to be.

                                    He was relatively wimpy as Indiana Jones’s Dad come to think of it but nailed that role perfectly and had great chemistry with Harrison Ford.

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                                    • raznomore
                                      raznomore @MN5 last edited by raznomore

                                      @MN5 that’s very true. He was so far against type as Indy’s dad and very good. Aside from slipping in and out of an American accent again it’s probably one his best acting efforts.

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                                        • MN5
                                          MN5 last edited by MN5

                                          Apparently Connery was quite a legitimately tough dude in real life if this story is anything to go by.....

                                          Oct 19, 2018

                                          Sean Connery Once Beat Up 6 Gang Members who Wanted to Steal his Jacket

                                          Sean Connery Once Beat Up 6 Gang Members who Wanted to Steal his Jacket

                                          Sir Thomas Sean Connery is probably the most famous Scottish actor, best known for his role as the secret agent James Bond. Ever since his first

                                          ....and before Roger Moore took over and some of the ahem, less realistic elements became fashionable in Bond films there was this scrap which Connery and Grant did without any stunt doubles

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                                          • Nepia
                                            Nepia @sparky last edited by

                                            @sparky said in R.I.P. 2020:

                                            @NTA said in R.I.P. 2020:

                                            Sean Connery.

                                            Dang

                                            Sean Connery: James Bond actor dies aged 90

                                            Entertainment & Arts

                                            Sean Connery: James Bond actor dies aged 90

                                            Sean Connery: James Bond actor dies aged 90

                                            He was the first to bring James Bond to the big screen and played the role seven times.

                                            I like how you adde that so we knew who you were talking about. 🙂

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                                            • G
                                              Godder last edited by

                                              Something Sean Connery and Roger Moore had in common was James Bond. Something else they had in common was that they essentially played one character - themselves.

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                                              • MN5
                                                MN5 @Godder last edited by

                                                @Godder said in R.I.P. 2020:

                                                Something Sean Connery and Roger Moore had in common was James Bond. Something else they had in common was that they essentially played one character - themselves.

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                                                • MajorRage
                                                  MajorRage @JC last edited by

                                                  @JC said in R.I.P. 2020:

                                                  @NTA Shit that’sh shtink

                                                  RIP to the world’s greatest Scotsman.

                                                  Leave @MN5 out if this

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                                                  • MN5
                                                    MN5 @MajorRage last edited by

                                                    @MajorRage said in R.I.P. 2020:

                                                    @JC said in R.I.P. 2020:

                                                    @NTA Shit that’sh shtink

                                                    RIP to the world’s greatest Scotsman.

                                                    Leave @MN5 out if this

                                                    I’m happily the ferns greatest Scot of kiwi descent

                                                    #humblegoals

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                                                    • Rancid Schnitzel
                                                      Rancid Schnitzel last edited by

                                                      Damn, this is the first I've heard of the end of the Great Scot.

                                                      Weirdly enough the first time I can remember him in a film was Indy (which I thought he was great in) and then I kind of went backwards from there (Highlander, Untouchables, small but memorable scene as Richard the Lionheart in Robin Hood - with a Scottish accent 😂 and the of course as the first and best ever Bond).

                                                      He was just so farking cool. They don't make them like him anymore.

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                                                      • MN5
                                                        MN5 @Rancid Schnitzel last edited by

                                                        @Rancid-Schnitzel said in R.I.P. 2020:

                                                        Damn, this is the first I've heard of the end of the Great Scot.

                                                        Weirdly enough the first time I can remember him in a film was Indy (which I thought he was great in) and then I kind of went backwards from there (Highlander, Untouchables, small but memorable scene as Richard the Lionheart in Robin Hood - with a Scottish accent 😂 and the of course as the first and best ever Bond).

                                                        He was just so farking cool. They don't make them like him anymore.

                                                        Indeed. His era of old school legends is rapidly dwindling. Just a completely different breed to today’s film stars.

                                                        Clint, stay with us !!!!!

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                                                        • raznomore
                                                          raznomore @MN5 last edited by

                                                          @MN5 I saw a barely recognisable Gene Hackman the other day. I believe he’s around 90 as well. All the great tough guys are getting so old now.

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                                                          • MN5
                                                            MN5 @raznomore last edited by MN5

                                                            @raznomore said in R.I.P. 2020:

                                                            @MN5 I saw a barely recognisable Gene Hackman the other day. I believe he’s around 90 as well. All the great tough guys are getting so old now.

                                                            Age is such a fluffybunny of a thing. Not nice seeing SC a year or two back on the news at Wimbledon looking really old and frail, Clint looked no better in the Mule.

                                                            Add Morgan Freeman to that list as well

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                                                            • chimoaus
                                                              chimoaus @MN5 last edited by

                                                              @MN5 said in R.I.P. 2020:

                                                              @raznomore said in R.I.P. 2020:

                                                              @MN5 I saw a barely recognisable Gene Hackman the other day. I believe he’s around 90 as well. All the great tough guys are getting so old now.

                                                              Age is such a fluffybunny of a thing. Not nice seeing SC a year or two back on the news at Wimbledon looking really old and frail, Clint looked no better in the Mule.

                                                              Add Morgan Freeman to that list as well

                                                              Bill Nighy?

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                                                              • Bovidae
                                                                Bovidae @raznomore last edited by

                                                                @raznomore 3 movies I have in my collection. I watched The Hunt For Red October again only a few weeks back.

                                                                All Sean's characters had a Scottish accent.

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                                                                • taniwharugby
                                                                  taniwharugby last edited by

                                                                  I have Highlander in my collection, but it would be at least 20 years since I watched it, and I am not sure it is the type of movie that will age well.

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                                                                  • Machpants
                                                                    Machpants @taniwharugby last edited by

                                                                    @taniwharugby said in R.I.P. 2020:

                                                                    I have Highlander in my collection, but it would be at least 20 years since I watched it, and I am not sure it is the type of movie that will age well.

                                                                    Those wires in the final scene were bad enough twenty years ago!

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                                                                    • canefan
                                                                      canefan @taniwharugby last edited by

                                                                      @taniwharugby said in R.I.P. 2020:

                                                                      I have Highlander in my collection, but it would be at least 20 years since I watched it, and I am not sure it is the type of movie that will age well.

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                                                                      • MN5
                                                                        MN5 @chimoaus last edited by

                                                                        @chimoaus said in R.I.P. 2020:

                                                                        @MN5 said in R.I.P. 2020:

                                                                        @raznomore said in R.I.P. 2020:

                                                                        @MN5 I saw a barely recognisable Gene Hackman the other day. I believe he’s around 90 as well. All the great tough guys are getting so old now.

                                                                        Age is such a fluffybunny of a thing. Not nice seeing SC a year or two back on the news at Wimbledon looking really old and frail, Clint looked no better in the Mule.

                                                                        Add Morgan Freeman to that list as well

                                                                        Bill Nighy?

                                                                        I'm referring to legends. Not old blokes who have occasionally funny cameos in Movies.

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                                                                        • Bovidae
                                                                          Bovidae last edited by

                                                                          Bill Nighy isn't that old, even if he looks it. 🙂

                                                                          The likes of Michael Caine is getting on in years (87).

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                                                                          • canefan
                                                                            canefan @Bovidae last edited by

                                                                            @Bovidae said in R.I.P. 2020:

                                                                            Bill Nighy isn't that old, even if he looks it. 🙂

                                                                            The likes of Michael Caine is getting on in years (87).

                                                                            Donald Sutherland is 85 as well. They are all coming to the end

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                                                                              pakman @MN5 last edited by

                                                                              @MN5 said in R.I.P. 2020:

                                                                              Apparently Connery was quite a legitimately tough dude in real life if this story is anything to go by.....

                                                                              Oct 19, 2018

                                                                              Sean Connery Once Beat Up 6 Gang Members who Wanted to Steal his Jacket

                                                                              Sean Connery Once Beat Up 6 Gang Members who Wanted to Steal his Jacket

                                                                              Sir Thomas Sean Connery is probably the most famous Scottish actor, best known for his role as the secret agent James Bond. Ever since his first

                                                                              ....and before Roger Moore took over and some of the ahem, less realistic elements became fashionable in Bond films there was this scrap which Connery and Grant did without any stunt doubles

                                                                              Robert Shaw didn’t have much more luck in Jaws!

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                                                                              • MiketheSnow
                                                                                MiketheSnow last edited by MiketheSnow

                                                                                Nails in The Molly Maguires

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                                                                                • Victor Meldrew
                                                                                  Victor Meldrew @MN5 last edited by

                                                                                  @MN5 said in R.I.P. 2020:

                                                                                  I am surprised he won an Oscar, he wasn’t a great actor in my opinion.

                                                                                  Caught some of his early stuff on a vintage film channel a few months back. Def not a De Niro or Olivier but pretty gifted. The Offence is a brilliant piece of acting

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                                                                                  • Victor Meldrew
                                                                                    Victor Meldrew @MN5 last edited by

                                                                                    @MN5 said in R.I.P. 2020:

                                                                                    Indeed. His era of old school legends is rapidly dwindling. Just a completely different breed to today’s film stars.

                                                                                    Screen presence in spades. Seems lacking from many of today's stars - gifted though they are.

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