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"…IT IS a decision that will horrify his legion of worldwide fans and leave grown women in tears.
Scottish screen legend Sir Sean Connery has almost drawn the curtain on his long and glittering career by revealing it would take a Mafia-style “offer he couldn’t refuse” to tempt him to make another film.
At the age of 74, Connery still manages to be Britain’s highest-paid actor, commanding up to £10m per movie. But his three-year absence from the industry has prompted questions about whether the Scots star has decided to retire after half a century in Hollywood and 77 films.
Now, Connery has provided the answer. In an interview with a New Zealand newspaper, the actor says he has no time for the “idiots” now making films in Hollywood…"
Although he will never say never, Connery blames the current generation of executives running the big Hollywood studios for his reluctance to step back into Tinseltown.
“I’m fed up with the idiots … the ever-widening gap between people who know how to make movies and the people who green-light the movies,” Connery says.
“I don’t say they’re all idiots. I’m just saying there’s a lot of them that are very good at it [being idiots]. It would almost need a Mafia-like offer I couldn’t refuse to do another movie…”
"Director Steven Spielberg paid tribute to Connery’s status when he said: “There are only seven genuine movie stars in the world today, and Sean is one of them.”
"…Connery believes his superstar status in the eyes of directors such as Spielberg only reflects his ability to command huge fees. “Well, that’s only because of your price,” he said. “And my current price? Well, ha, that’s nobody’s business but mine.”
Sometimes not even the lure of a huge cheque has been enough to tempt him back into the movie-making business. Connery reveals he has no regrets about turning down a role in one of the biggest money-earning film series ever - as Gandalf the wizard in Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy.
Not because the pay on offer was too low, however. “Yeah, well, I never understood it,” he said. “I read the book. I read the script. I saw the movie. I still don’t understand it.”
scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=1707662005
Scottish screen legend Sir Sean Connery has almost drawn the curtain on his long and glittering career by revealing it would take a Mafia-style “offer he couldn’t refuse” to tempt him to make another film.
At the age of 74, Connery still manages to be Britain’s highest-paid actor, commanding up to £10m per movie. But his three-year absence from the industry has prompted questions about whether the Scots star has decided to retire after half a century in Hollywood and 77 films.
Now, Connery has provided the answer. In an interview with a New Zealand newspaper, the actor says he has no time for the “idiots” now making films in Hollywood…"
Although he will never say never, Connery blames the current generation of executives running the big Hollywood studios for his reluctance to step back into Tinseltown.
“I’m fed up with the idiots … the ever-widening gap between people who know how to make movies and the people who green-light the movies,” Connery says.
“I don’t say they’re all idiots. I’m just saying there’s a lot of them that are very good at it [being idiots]. It would almost need a Mafia-like offer I couldn’t refuse to do another movie…”
"Director Steven Spielberg paid tribute to Connery’s status when he said: “There are only seven genuine movie stars in the world today, and Sean is one of them.”
"…Connery believes his superstar status in the eyes of directors such as Spielberg only reflects his ability to command huge fees. “Well, that’s only because of your price,” he said. “And my current price? Well, ha, that’s nobody’s business but mine.”
Sometimes not even the lure of a huge cheque has been enough to tempt him back into the movie-making business. Connery reveals he has no regrets about turning down a role in one of the biggest money-earning film series ever - as Gandalf the wizard in Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy.
Not because the pay on offer was too low, however. “Yeah, well, I never understood it,” he said. “I read the book. I read the script. I saw the movie. I still don’t understand it.”
scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=1707662005
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