Connery 32?
-
pawtrax67 — 11 years ago(October 01, 2014 09:07 PM)
People who lived through the 30's and 40's had a hard look on them even at a young age. I think it had something to do with living through a major war and a depression.
You have to remember that people smoke, drank, and didn't eat very well back then.
That's why they have a hard look on them.
Cary Grant was an exception. He seemed to defy aging. Sophia Loren is the same. -
dimsum73-1 — 11 years ago(November 05, 2014 06:48 PM)
People just looked older back then. When I see pictures of my late grandfather in his 30's he already looked old. He was in WWII, so I'm sure that had something to do with it. But today people just look younger at an older age. There is a lot of truth now to the term "40 is the new 20."
-
!!!deleted!!! (52029528) — 11 years ago(December 05, 2014 01:42 PM)
I've always thought the same thing. You see pictures of older actors back then and they were 32 going on 42. The weird thing is that they look more their age later in life. When Connery was 65 he looked about 65
I think a lot of it is our psychological perceptions of our elder generations..our parents generations. Im 24 and i see pictures of my dad at 24 and he just seemed older..I can't put a number on ithe just seemed older tho. I think the main reason for this is because the image of our parents we've always had, ever since we were little kids has been this patriarchal, older people to us. We were the kids and they were the grown-upsalmost like we could never imagine they were ever young people. We as young impressionable kids knew one day we'd be grown-upsbut those grown-ups were never kids. (in our young minds)..and so when we see them as younger people, yeah the hairstyles were different and all that, the clothing, the black and white pictures, etc but there is something indefinable about it all as well. We look at people from the older generations when THEY were young but there is just something about the older image we've always had of them that we subconsciously project onto the younger image of them. On the flip side, I feel like my parent's, while they've aged, they still kinda look the same now. I see a pic of my dad at 40 and, while he looks about 40he still looks oldIdk its some weird stuff. My dad is 56 nowhe looks that age but at the same time he still looks the same as then
but with Connery its more extreme. Most actors didn't look that old at 31-32. James Dean died at 24 and looked in his mid 20speople also started their independent lives earlier then. men were often married at 22, kids by 24.now everything today is suspended til later. -
dennisvest30 — 10 years ago(April 19, 2015 11:03 AM)
You have to remember Connery spent a lot of time outdoors (he was an expert swimmer and body builder). Plus smoking and drinking makes you look older. I am late 50s and never smoked (only drink occasionally and in moderation) and I look as young as Connery did in Dr. No. Of course I don't have his "coolness" factor or look as handsome. But who does?
-
bcstoneb444 — 10 years ago(August 25, 2015 08:31 AM)
Laird Cregar and David Janssen also looked older than their ages. Bogart too. As I recall in the 1940s Cregar played middle aged villains while he was in his late twenties. 1930s actor Guy Kibbee also tended to play characters 10-15 years oldr than his chronological age. An older looking actress was Valerie Hobsen, who always seemed to essay characters about ten years beyond her chronological age.
As for JB, as I understand the character was supposed to be permanently frozen at thirty-five, but to me in those early Bond films Connery always looks about forty-ish, even though he was in his early/mid thirties. His smooth baritone voice, perhaps, or the ever present hint of five oclock shadow, or the sophisticated manner and suave wardrobe?
Somewhat related, and echoing earlier comments: athletic heroes from earlier generations, especially the 50s and 60s, to me still look older than their chronological age at the time.
As has been mentioned also, today people look (and act) younger because of various factors: better nutrition, not as many of us smoke or drink, etc. Maybe theres something to the vanity of the boomers and the search for perpetual youth. Along with this the fact that, for many of us, life simply hasnt been as tough, or stressful, as it was for prior generations, thus we dont age as fast. -
andersb-36022 — 10 years ago(January 08, 2016 10:32 AM)
I think it's funny in these old movies/tv shows of the period when actors/actresses quote their ages in the 30s, when actually they look more like mid-late 40's at best visually. Seems to come up more often than not all the time.
-
Torni3945 — 10 years ago(January 16, 2016 10:17 AM)
I remember watching You've Got Mail there was one scene in the movie where they are at a party one of them mentions the Rosenbergs here is the quote from the scene of the movie. "You know, what's always fascinated me about Julius and Ethel Rosenberg is how old they looked when they were really just our age." I guess a lot of it has to do with our lifestyles and what do with our bodies.
-
roman2886 — 9 years ago(October 06, 2016 09:04 AM)
People in their 30's if they took of their skin in their 20's they can easily pass for late teens and early 20's people in their 40's and people in their 50's can pass for late 20's early 30's and late 30's early 40's,If they take care of their skin,I was shocked when i found out Sean C was early 30's in Dr No he looked early 40's him being 32 people that age today can pass for college age like 18 and 20 he looked 42 back than everyone in their 30's in the 1960's was old looking.
-
roman2886 — 9 years ago(May 27, 2016 04:57 PM)
Everybody looked old for their age back than I thought Sean Connery was 41 42 in Dr No he was only 31 32 today's 31 32 year old's don't look anywhere near as mature as Sean Connery did when he was that age people today who are 31 32 can easily pass for 21 22.