Don't get me wrong, I'm glad Nigel Davenport did it as it was a chance for him to shine in a meaty leading man role that
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gingerwanderer — 18 years ago(August 09, 2007 01:16 PM)
Don't get me wrong, I'm glad Nigel Davenport did it as it was a chance for him to shine in a meaty leading man role that he didn't often get, but it seems like a role that would have been perfect for Connery at around that time (plus it would have seen him share the screen with Dalton, another Bond!)
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dottir466 — 17 years ago(January 11, 2009 07:36 AM)
I think he was sexier and more virile in this than in anything I've ever seen Connery do (and that's saying quite a lot.) Davenport was also the very epitome of the lusty Renaissance male. I will be forever grateful that Connery wasn't cast in his place.
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ContinentalOp — 12 years ago(June 25, 2013 07:36 PM)
''Why would that stop them? Connery isn't Irish, either.''
He is Irish-Scottish, hence his name - Connery. I am not seriously suggesting that he is not a Scotsman. His maternal grandparents came over in the 19th century, his grandfather as a ''Navvy''. His maternal side originate on the Isle of Skye and are Scottish Gaelic, a group closer to the Irish linguistically and culturally than they are to the mostly-English lowlanders.
OK, so that explains my joke.
Formerly KingAngantyr