If Connery...

[Jack Napier]

This is a theoretical question, working with the belief by most that Sean Connery did the best portrayal of James Bond. Every actor that has taken the part since has been compared to him, and some people even suggest Connery has what it takes to play 007 til the day he dies. My question is...

...if Sean Connery was ageless, and not in the sense that he ages well like he has, but in the sense that he doesn't age at all, would you want him to play James Bond in every Bond film? Let's say that in every Bond film he wasn't in (On Her Majesty's Secret Service, License to Kill, GoldenEye, etc.),the role of James Bond would be played by a 34-year old looking Sean Connery. He was in Goldfinger when he was 34, to give you and idea of how he would look.

Do you underestimate the importance of casting a new actor? Would the series get stale and bland with just one actor? What're your thoughts?

 

[MKO1234]

I think Connery would have been great in those films if he was 34 at the time. Not to ignore Lazenby completely for playing in On Her Majesty's Secret Service, I just wish that it was a Connery film, especially since it was followed by a Connery film, Diamonds are Forever. It just seems so out of place. I think if Connery would have been in OHMSS, that DAF would have a little better continuity and it probably would have focused more on avenging Tracy's death.

 

[OddBob]

Connery is my favorite Bond, but I like keeping it fresh and switching up actors. Connery's performances lost their luster as he went on, too. Even if he still looked 34 in Never Say Never Again, the performance isn't close to the greatness he delivered in the early films.

 

[GothamProtector]

I wished that Connery would play M in Casino Royale. It would complete the circle of Bonds somehow. It would be funny to see him yell at Bond for being reckless after he was for so many years. Or imagine if they remade Dr. No with Craig as Bond, and Connery as M?

 

[Cannibal Feast]

I wished that Connery would play M in Casino Royale. It would complete the circle of Bonds somehow. It would be funny to see him yell at Bond for being reckless after he was for so many years. Or imagine if they remade Dr. No with Craig as Bond, and Connery as M?

I like that idea. I would like to see him in some sort of cameo.

 

[Venomfan]

would anybody like Connery to be the villain in a future movie? what if he played Blofield or a character like him?

 

[Furious Styles]

I think the different actors who portray Bond are what in essence, keep Bond timeless. Connery was the Bond of my parents time, Brosnan was the Bond of my time and now my brother is growing up with one Daniel Craig as the world's greatest secret agent.

 

[Brian Braddock]

I think Connery would have been great in those films if he was 34 at the time. Not to ignore Lazenby completely for playing in On Her Majesty's Secret Service, I just wish that it was a Connery film, especially since it was followed by a Connery film, Diamonds are Forever. It just seems so out of place. I think if Connery would have been in OHMSS, that DAF would have a little better continuity and it probably would have focused more on avenging Tracy's death.

Not so sure about that. Connery went on record as saying he preferred the more comedic direction that DAF took.

Focusing on avenging Tracey's death wouldnt have allowed for that change in tone.

 

[the gael]

I only DAF was like the book YOLT : the fall of bond, becoming a looser who struggle to become again the man he was and finally tracking down blofeld for a rematch.

Instead, we had the clones crap, the awfull space laser ( ho could they have brought it back in DAD ? ) and a stupid blofeld dressed like an old woman... Everything excepts the pre title sequence and some sequences with the two homosexual killers was uninteresting.

DAF was definitively the worst connery movie in the bond franchise. what's a pity it as his last " official " bond.

 

[ChrisBaleBatman]

I kinda laugh when I think that if Connery were to be cast today, the way he was in in the first Bond film......that is, let's say Connery became Bond in 2007 (and is in his prime age) instead of 1962.....Connery would not be cast. He just wouldn't.

Fans would have had his head on a silver platter before he would have started filming. Him having been an unknown actor was big enough. But, if fans had learned he was actually bald, and would be wearing a wig for the film because of it.......he would never have heard the last of it from fans, or in interviews.

 

[Mr Jide]

Then lets all thank God the internet wasn't commercial back in the 60s. However, thats not to say Connery didn't get blasted because he did but he shut the critics up with his performance in Dr.No.

 

[LJones]

I think Connery would have been great in those films if he was 34 at the time. Not to ignore Lazenby completely for playing in On Her Majesty's Secret Service, I just wish that it was a Connery film, especially since it was followed by a Connery film, Diamonds are Forever. It just seems so out of place. I think if Connery would have been in OHMSS, that DAF would have a little better continuity and it probably would have focused more on avenging Tracy's death.

I thank God that Connery never did OHMSS. I just don't think he was suited for that particular story. And why do we need Connery in OHMSS in order for DAF to have better continuity? The same could be achieved with Lazenby starring in DAF.

 

[MKO1234]

LJones, it wouldn't be so bad if Lazenby carried on the torch in Diamonds are forever. Its just to have, say, Actor A for the first few movies, then have Actor B play in 1 movie and Actor A come back for 1 movie, to be replaced again anyway... it's just odd. It'd be the same as how Tobey Maguire made the first 3 Spider-Man movies, and have an actor continue the story for a 4th movie, and Tobey comes back to try to continue it into the 5th story, that'd be strange too. I know the Bond movies lack any serious continuity 90% of the time anyway, however, I just felt it would have been nicer to see Connery have one consecutive stretch of films, then be replaced by Lazenby, who then could have been replaced by Moore. That's just my preference.

 

[JamesBond007]

Yeah, Lazenby coming in and just basically giving Connery a break was weird. I would definitely like to see Connery come back one day, but not as a villain, they tried that in the Avengers and look how that turned out, didn't he wear a red chicken suit at one point?