When Sean Connery had a birthday this summer, the Guardian published an article in which Peter Broadshaw discusses the career of a “dangerously seductive male icon.”
The text goes back to the early 1960s, when 30-year-old Connery ran for the role of James Bond in Dr. No. Before that he played only minor roles, he was definitely not one of the well-known actors, many were better known at the casting. In addition to being able to play eyebrows in an interesting way, he attracted attention with a sex appeal, more precisely by being able to be “dangerous and sexy at the same time”.
It happened to him at least twice that he was recommended to fill the role by the wife of the director or producer of the film in question. The second time was in the case of Dr. Well, when film producer Cubby Broccoli’s wife whispered that Connery had the right magnetism, they should forget about the contemplated Richard Burton and Cary Grant. She wasn’t wrong.
The first Bond film, although it was a cheap film, was a huge success. She launched a spy series that continues to this day and founded an immortal pop culture legend.
Writer Ian Fleming, who invented and described James Bond in books, was first favored by American actor Cary Grant for the role. However, when he saw Connery, he liked him so much that he invented an agent of Scottish origin in his other books as Connery had.
“It simply came to our notice then
