Trivia of Sean Connery

Trivia of Sean Connery (25 August 1930 - 31 October 2020)

*He has two small tattoos on his right arm. One says "Scotland forever", the other "Mum and Dad." He got them when he enlisted in the Royal Navy at the age of 16.

*He reportedly placed third in the Mr Universe contest in 1953 although there is some dispute over whether he finished third in the Junior class, or failed to place in the ‘Tall w ’ classification.His passion for bodybuilding brought him into the world of acting, which made him one of the biggest actors in the world.

*In 1953 Connery makes his stage debut in the chorus of the British touring company of the musical “South Pacific.”Two years later, he makes his film debut in an uncredited role in the British movie Let's Make Up (1954) starring Errol Flynn.

*Ian Fleming, the creator of James Bond, originally did not like him being cast as Bond for Dr. No (1962) because he felt that he was too "unrefined". The actor whom Fleming embodied Bond in Fleming's mind was Cary Grant. Fleming later changed his mind and admitted he was ideally cast in the role.He improvised his iconic line "Bond. James Bond" in Dr No (1962) after finding that the initial introduction line "I am James Bond" was flat and sounded unnatural. It took a few subsequent takes before he included the pause, giving the line it's effect.

*His favourite Bond film is From Russia with Love (1963) though he was almost killed filming the helicopter chase scene of that movie when the inexperienced helicopter pilot flew in too close and almost decapitated him.

*He wore a wig in all of James Bond's films because at the age of 17 he had hair fall and from 1958 he started wearing a hairpiece in films.

*Tippi Hedren, his leading lady from Marnie (1964), devoted a full page of photographs on him in her memoir "Tippi" (2016). She wrote that she was stunned that her director Alfred Hitchcock had cast the sexiest man alive to play opposite her, since she was supposed to play a frigid woman in the film. She asked Hitchcock how she can play such a role, when the iciest of women would melt in Sean's presence. He told her "It's called acting, my dear." He did order Sean not to touch her, just as he had ordered Rod Taylor not to touch her during The Birds (1963). Many people have asked her whether she had an affair with Sean after seeing their amazing onscreen chemistry, and she said she didn't, because she was too dedicated to acting, but joked that she later regretted her decision.She even named one of her house cats after him.