{"id":59435,"date":"2020-10-31T16:03:57","date_gmt":"2020-10-31T13:03:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.163.207.100\/~timesku1\/news\/?p=59435"},"modified":"2020-10-31T16:03:57","modified_gmt":"2020-10-31T13:03:57","slug":"james-bond-actor-sir-sean-connery-dies-aged-90","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/james-bond-actor-sir-sean-connery-dies-aged-90\/","title":{"rendered":"James Bond actor Sir Sean Connery dies aged 90"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"sc-qOiPt jpYiwZ\">\n<p>The Scottish Bafta-winning star played the British spy in seven films from 1962 until 1983. He died in his sleep in the Bahamas. While a cause is yet to be announced, it is believed the actor had been unwell for a long period of time.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"article-im-prompt\">His first appearance as 007 came in <i>Dr No<\/i>\u00a0in 1962. His other Bond films included\u00a0<i>From Russia with Love<\/i>\u00a0(1963),\u00a0<i>Goldfinger<\/i>\u00a0(1964),\u00a0<i>Thunderball<\/i>\u00a0(1965), and\u00a0<i>You Only Live Twice<\/i>\u00a0(1967).<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-qOiPt jpYiwZ\">\n<p>He returned to the role twice more in\u00a0<i>Diamonds Are Forever<\/i>\u00a0(1971) and\u00a0<i>Never Say Never Again<\/i> (1983).<\/p>\n<p>Bond was Connery\u2019s breakthrough role following a decade of stage and TV roles in the 1950s.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-qOiPt jpYiwZ\">\n<p>Dana Broccoli, the wife of the film series\u2019 producer Albert Broccoli, is said to have persuaded her husband to select Connery for the role despite initial opposition from Ian Fleming, the character\u2019s creator.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-qOiPt jpYiwZ\">\n<p>Fleming felt Connery was too unrefined, stating: \u201cHe&#8217;s not what I envisioned of James Bond looks\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-qOiPt jpYiwZ\">\n<p>The author was won around by Connery\u2019s performance in\u00a0<i>Dr. No<\/i> and, in his 1964 novel,\u00a0<i>You Only Live Twice<\/i>, wrote Connery\u2019s heritage into the character\u2019s background.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-qOiPt jpYiwZ\">\n<p>Connery became disillusioned with the role towards the end of his tenure, with his friend Sir Michael Caine revealing in an interview: \u201cIf you were his friend in these early days you didn&#8217;t raise the subject of Bond. He was, and is, a much better actor than just playing James Bond, but he became synonymous with Bond. That was upsetting to him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Post-Bond, Connery starred alongside Caine in the adventure film <i>The Man Who Would Be King<\/i> (1975), Time Bandits (1981), and Steven Spielberg\u2019s 1989 sequel\u00a0<i>Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Scottish Bafta-winning star played the British spy in seven films from 1962 until 1983. He died in his sleep in the Bahamas. While a cause is yet to be announced, it is believed the actor had been unwell for a long period of time. His first appearance as 007 came in Dr No\u00a0in 1962. 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