Sean Connery

Sean was an absolute LEGEND. shame shame shame. loved him..still do

I m glad you all liked a man who clearly advocated giving a woman ‘a slap’ if they warranted it !!!!

To me he was always James Bond, no one bettered him in my opinion.

Bluebelle Diane Cilento's autobiography also highlighted his problem, as well as his own admission

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.

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

Bluebelle is absolutely entitled to her view.

No thank you Kalu I don’t wish to start another thread on Sean Connery just highlighting the fact that he is a domestic abuser I believe his first wife left because ‘he beat her’ although I think his second marriage seemed to last but if you you tube Sean Connery s interview about slapping women you will hear it for yourself ...I m certainly not making it up no axe to grind against a 90 year old top actor apart from that
Always good to know both sides of the story isn’t it
Thank you Galaxy but not an opinion it’s factual

Yes fair point bluebelle.

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

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 .

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.