Sean Connery

Jane10

He was never my favourite for reasons previously stated. Another fervent Scot who loved Scotland so much he couldn't bear to actually live here.

As a sassenach I didn’t feel I should mention that fact so am glad you did Jane.
It always irritates me that those who are so passionate about their home and roots like to live and pay their taxes elsewhere.
That’s if they pay any at all.
As for his abilities as an actor, did he ever manage an accent? Well one that wasn’t his own.

Did he believe what he said? I'm not sure, he was after all an actor.
trisher his first wife left him because of being beaten by him she’s written a book in which this appears Now of course none of us knows what goes on behind close doors and perhaps she made it all up ?? But if you add her account, to his OWN account that advocated ‘slapping’ a woman is ok if she’s annoying and if it’s done with an open hand not a fist maybe just maybe you err down on the side that he was a bully and the way he sees no wrong in it makes him an arrogant bully and not the perfect role model people seem to adore

My late neighbour here in Sydney was Sean's boss at the dairy in Edinburgh when they were both milkmen!!

trisher

I think he had the sort of sense of humour which enjoyed causing upset and shocking interviewers. Did he believe what he said? I'm not sure, he was after all an actor.

I’m afraid I can see nothing funny about a man advocating giving women a good slap to shut them up.

Kalu

Today we are saddened by the death of a screen idol BlueBell.

Perhaps you would like to start a thread on his imperfections as we are not discussing ‘the person’ as such.

Imo the two can’t be separated.

I can’t feel sad about the death of a man who believed it acceptable to slap a woman if she ‘insisted on having the last word’.

He WAS Bond!

He was never my favourite for reasons previously stated. Another fervent Scot who loved Scotland so much he couldn't bear to actually live here.

I think he had the sort of sense of humour which enjoyed causing upset and shocking interviewers. Did he believe what he said? I'm not sure, he was after all an actor.

I saw him in Sept., 2003 in St. Andrews. As tiredoldwoman said, he was just walking around. When I think of James Bond, I think of Sean Connery but I'll go on record as having no tolerance for bullies or abusers.

Just watched his obituary on the BBC, not a mention of this issue, I have sadly come to realise the BBC dont like women much.

The best Bond and a good actor, but his memory is tarnished by his attitude towards women.

I never knew that about him! Shocked that he said he hadn't changed his mind.

I wonder how many screen idols, or indeed any ‘heroes’ also have feet of clay in real life?

BlueBelle

Exactly chardy he openly says that he believes it’s perfectly ok to “slap” a woman if they are annoying him There’s a YouTube of the interview anyone can watch the words come out of his mouth
I cannot admire that kind of man even if he’s a top rate actor and amazed that everyone things it’s ok and he’s wonderman

I first heard him say that when I was working with abused women need I say more

youtu.be/oo0d1zTAFKA

I’m glad I’m not the only one not joining in the adoration.

How good of him to remind folk to slap a woman with an open hand, as opposed to a closed one for a man.

Best Bond and an excellent actor. Hope they show some of his other films. He was 90, a man who grew up in a different time and in a working class culture, where male violence was common. HIs second marriage lasted nearly 50 years so perhaps he learned something. RIP

A fine actor, no doubt. And a great Bond. But not a nice man.

Am I alone in thinking that he didn't live up to Fleming's image of Bond? Like most of my cohorts I had devoured the 007 books, Bond was an image in my mind's eye, one that no actor has ever lived up to.

To think that if you cannot better someone in an argument, or worse, if that someone is the significant other in your life, and you think it's ok to knock them about a bit, then you deserve all the brick-bats that come your way.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8v23xF1Q7w

Regardless of his private life I thought he was the best James Bond.

He was SO handsome. You have the accent to a ‘t’ there lemongrove! He was the best James Bond, just so sexy. Although Daniel Craig is running a close second.

Maybe, he was the perfect James Bond, but I echo Bluebell's opinion, he thought it was okay to slap women around, sorry wasn't a fan.

Sad, I was already wallowing today, now I am sadder. He was a beautiful Bond but many of his other films showcase his acting talent rather better. He certainly had a twinkle in his eye. I am going to watch Seven Days Last Summer tonight if I can find it and remember the pleasure he gave to millions of cinema goers.

I could never mourn the passing of a man who thinks it is OK to hit women even if I was related to him .
I can’t believe that anyone could ?

Mind you there are still people around who think that Jimmy Saville was a legend too so nothing surprises me .

Just when you thought 2020 couldn't get any worse. Anyone remember him as Hotspur in An Age Of Kings in the early 60s?

Yes fair point bluebelle.