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MONDAY AUGUST 28 2006 9:00 AM

Sean Connery Quits Hollywood

Submitted by Alyk

Edited by Alyk

Tags: Sean Connery. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Hollywood, Stephen Norrington

Sir Sean Connery had enough of your shit and called it a daythe legendary actor announced he will never work in Hollywood again, ending his fifty-year movie career. While presenting a BAFTA Scotland Award for Outstanding Achievement in film, he took the opportunity to lash out at those who he felt ruined his last film, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.

Connery said, "The time has come because of my rather unfortunate last movie. The cost to me in terms of frustration and avoiding going to jail for murder cannot have continued."

Connery went on to describe the director of The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen Stephen Norrington as being "insane". He said, "He was young and enthusiastic. I presumed someone wouldn't give a person $84 million to go to a wonderful city like Prague without due diligence."

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Amnesiac808

San Francisco, CA

January 2005

AUG 28, 2006 10:37 AM

No way he's gunna be on BBAS, gimme a break, it's gotta be fox's comeback of celebrity boxing

jonzes

Madison, WI

July 2003

AUG 28, 2006 10:54 AM

Markus001 said:
Young and enthusiastic? 40 years old, no problem. I think it's unfair to blame Norrington, especially since we're talking about Sean Connery whose ego on a film set is the size of the Hindenburg.

Movie sucked. If I cant blame the director for a crummy movie I guess I can't blame a president for a bullshit foreign policy fiasco.

jeffvader

San Diego, CA

November 2004

AUG 28, 2006 11:09 AM

anthony hopkins announced his retirement like 5 years ago....and he is still making movies...

in connery's case...he's 432 years old. he can read. fuck him if he can't pick better scripts.

thefly

Eagle Springs, NC

November 2003

AUG 28, 2006 11:12 AM

stormoffiftynine said:
I smell bullshit.

Someone will lure him back.

Yep... Barbara Brocoli will do like her father and lure him back for just "one more Bond film." (or a rival company will lure him to play Bond to destroy Daniel Craig as they tried to do to James Moore).

But this makes me wish he's work there again... I'd LOVE to see a space opera with him and Shatner. When egos collide...