In this rare interview the legendary star discusses his career and the difficulties leaving the role of "James Bond" behind. Footage Owned by Bill Boggs www.BillBoggs.com
My mother's father had his education interrupted by WWII (a Jewish guy in Poland: he and his brother fled to the USSR, then fled the USSR after the war--along with around 10 million other people); he, too, read his way through the Encyclopedia Britannica. Interesting to hear Connery did the same. Connery was and is a highly intelligent guy. Not sure he gets enough credit for that -- and entirely self-educated. At his AFI he noted his biggest break was learning how to read. He made a very good documentary on labor relations in Scotland back in the 60s. I wish he'd made more. Very smart guy.
They sure have some great ones: David Hume, Adam Smith, James Hutton, James Clerk Maxwell, Connery...and many more. Every culture has its greats, of course. But not every culture has invented scotch! :) If Covid ever ends, Scotland is high on the list for me and my wife. (As a boy, I was convinced the Loch Ness Monster existed...until a paleontologist friend of my father noted that a glacier had covered the loch for, like, a long time. Longer than a plesiosaur could hold its breath.)
I think Connery is easily the best Bond so I have no bias against him. But you don't hear of any of the other Bonds publicly complaining about their pay. Only Connery and he was very well paid for the films. In fact, he successfully renegotiated his contract on at least two occasions before he made You Only Live Twice. Broccoli and Saltzman didn't have to agree to that. From what I've read, Connery wanted them to cut him in as a producer with a percentage of the profits. This would have effectively meant that they would be paying Connery an enormous amount of money out of their own pocket when they were the ones who took the initial financial risk on the franchise. That was never going to happen. Connery was reportedly offered an astronomical $5.5 million to do Live and Let Due but he turned it down. I think the producers treated him very well but Connery wanted just more.
I never knew why the Bond producers didn't just give Sean Connery the one million dollars for another Bond film and then make a bunch of money off it instead of George lazenby Bond 🎰
They did. Connery was already reported to have been paid $750,000 and 25% of the worldwide merchandising profits for You Only Live Twice. This totalled $1 million. When he came back to do Diamonds Are Forever (and sleepwalked through the film) he was paid $1.25 million plus 12.5% of the US gross, not the net... *THE GROSS!* So he was paid another $1.25 million for *EVERY* $10 million that the film took at the US box office. United Artists also agreed to finance two films of Connery's choosing within a certain budget. I think Connery was treated very, very well but he had a reputation for being very difficult when it came to money.
Glad you are watching..I do not have access to the date unless the technician who recorded it from the live show put date on label. This is from late 1970's
@@Billboggs MY FAVORITE WAS WHEN YOU INTERVIEWED YUL BRYNNER. I LOVE HOW CANDID THAT INTERVIEW WAS. AS IF YOU COULD ASK HIM ANYTHING AND ANSWERED IT WITH ENTHUSIASM AND GREAT CONVICTION. AND HIS PRESENCE WAS MAGNETIC, WAS INTERESTING TO LISTEN TO EVERY WORD HE SAID. I MUST HAVE WATCHED IT A HUNDRED TIMES. THAT INTERVIEW WAS A SORT OF BRIEF BIOGRAPHY OF YUL. BY THE WAY SHOUT OUT FROM HERE IN THE PHILIPPINES. HAVE A GREAT DAY BILL💖💖💖💖
@@vixercrouchrichter Given that it's mentioned during the interview that The Next Man had been released the previous day then it shouldn't be too difficult to work out the date of this interview.
I hear ya, but most of the interruptions were forms of that kind of meant-to-be-supportive "yes, uh-huh" thing. You're right: that should be suppressed. I do it too much, too! You mean to be supportive of the point but it'd be better to keep quiet. :) It's a surprisingly hard thing to be a good TV interviewer -- a good interviewer, period. Patience and preparation are absolutely key.
Listening is key as well. I have interviewed hundreds of people, and you are there to hear the interviewee speak. Particularly in this case, we want to hear Sean Connery!
