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Sean Connery was one of the best actors to play secret agent James Bond. But there was one scene that the artist really didn’t want to do.
In 1952, Ian Fleming wrote the first book in the 007 saga, “Casino Royale”. The success was instantaneous, which led him to write eleven more books, two published after his death. The British writer worked in the British Naval Intelligence Division during the Second World Wara time in his life that had a huge influence on this saga.
Combined with his experience on the ground, Ian Fleming wrote an authentic universe which is still today cherished by millions of people. However the first film adaptation James Bond only took place ten years after the first book, in 1962.
Entitled “Dr No”, or in Portuguese “007 – Secret Agent”, the film marked the beginning of one of the best sagas in the history of cinema, with precisely Sean Connery in the lead role. He was the first actor to play James Bond, followed by 6 different artists.
The first film ever achieved a impressive rating at the Rotten Tomatoes – 95% of 100%. Dilys Powelll, do Sunday Times, considers “the first of the James Bond films has the air of knowing exactly what it is preparing, and that has not been common in British thrillers since the day Hitchcock left for America”. Still there is a important scene that Sean Connery refused to record.
THE LEGENDARY ACTOR WAS AFRAID
“Never Say Never Again” (1983) marked the seventh and final participation Sean Connery in the legendary role. To end one of the scenes in this film on a high note, the actor had to wear a diving suit and venture into the water with a large shark nearby.
O Scottish actor quickly refused to record this scene, without taking the necessary precautions – “I’m not very good at underwater things and I was very, very nervous about the idea of diving”, the actor told JohnnyCarson on one of his television programs. Sean Connery explains the process – “to get down to the inside of the boat, about 50-60 feet, I was breathing twice as much as everyone else and the place was covered in blisters because I was always panicking.”.
But in the end he ended up recording the scene with the help of someone – “the guy was trying to explain to me that, if I breathed normally, they would be able to film it more easily and see who it was. Even in the final film version, there’s a panic in my eyesI can see”.
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