Sean Connery and Daniel Craig on the physicality of James Bond
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- Опубликовано: 11 июн 2009
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Bond actors Sean Connery and Daniel Craig interviewed on The South Bank Show.
Scenes taken from Casino Royale, From Russia With Love and Diamonds Are Forever. 
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Daniel Craig was an amazing James Bond but you gotta love Sean Connery's Bond. His face was just a perfect image of what Bond should look like.
Yay! Sean Connery all the way :D
Dalton though is the most talented actor and lived up to the literary character the most. :)
Connery was THE BEST "Bond". He owned the role more than any other. He had the look and could do the physicality. At the time actors never really had to go through the same physical training as todays actors (e.g. Henry Cavil for Superman) or Stallone for his Rambo films. Connery also had that rare combination of elegance and strength. Something Roger Moore didn't have. He had the look, the Bondesque handsomeness but couldn't do the physical. So his films were about the gadgets, beautiful exotic exotic women and lots of jokes with sexual innuendo. Craig, I feel doesn't have "the look" but manages to "fit into the role" with good acting and can do the physicality. Add...Craig's Bond films marked a change...towards being more Jason Borune in that the fight scenes were more "real". The choreography wasn't contrived. Hands and feet waving in front of the camera so that you couldn't see what was going on.
Brosnan was like Moorre. Had the look but couldn't do the physical. Brosnan's films were weak as well. Poor writing.
I liked how (in RUclips clips of Spectre) they brought back that "super villian" (haven't seen the actual movie yet...still...waiting for the 4k HDR Bluray). I miss the villians of old Bond films...as we saw in Connery's and Moore's Bond films. With those secret lairs. Mega fortresses.
They also had the exotic sophisticated world-class beauties. Something later Bond films began to lack. Something Bond fans DO want to see too IMHO.
Odd and maybe minor point. If in the Craig Bond films they can actually make Bond nude in that torture scene (which I think was a mistake...because we're talking about BOND...I feel Bond should never be captured ever...definitely no nudity unless in a love scene...at most Bond might get nicked by a stray bullet..bruised from a fight..that it). Why has there never been any naked Bond women? I mean if they are going for more realism...having bond sitting naked in a chair with no seat having his nads smashed (another NO NO for the Bond character IMHO)...maybe a 0012 another 00 agent...but not Bond.
Monica Bellucci has done nudity...I'm sure she should have been willing to show some skin for the film..in a tasteful way of course...
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Craig inherited Dalton's mantle.
Who inherited it from Lazenby.
All three of them had a better Broken Bond than Connery.
Sean Connery: "i'm The Original And The Besht"
Sean was the 2nd worst 007 next to Daniel Craig
Yesh
@@timothydaltonbest0079 completely wrong lol
Yesss
Daniel Craig. The best description of his bond is that he has inherited the mantle of the broken man from George Lazenby and Timothy Dalton.
The pain, dulled by the drink and the women.
And for that he is magnificent.
The very best Bond, the closest to the books' bond.
"That's a Smith and Wesson.....and you've had your 6."
Connery had all the qualities of Bond:Charming,sophisticated,gentleman,agressive,deadly and intense.Hands down to the acto who defined James Bond.
Sean Connery is an incredible actor !!!! The change of the emotions in his eyes !!!!
From Russia with Love's fight on the train is still one hell of a fight scene, 50 years on.
RIP The Great Sean Connery ❤️
"We've yet to see the Bond from the books."
Dalton, my friend.
Dalton is so underrated
My late father was a huge fan of both and he said Craig’s Bond was closest. At least based on how the scripts were written.
Most interviews w Connery he comes across as a real ass
@@taklampan650 unbelievably so👍🏽 I just think people weren’t ready for his Bond
@@acerothstein4755 Scots are usually a bit flinty and contrarian
Pierce Brosnan = Woman's bond
Daniel Craig = Man's bond
Sean Connery = Ian fleming's bond
a Stephen Apparently Ian Fleming hated Connery at first as Bond, he had pictured the character much differently. Connery was definitely the strongest all round Bond.
SoulOfRubber _ He did originally view Bond differently but he was completely on board with Connery after he saw Dr. No. Fleming even changed the character some in his subsequent novels because he like Connery's version of James Bond.
stretch54 Awesome! Connery was born for the role. Definitely the best imo.
Daniel=women's Bond💋💋💋
Sean Connery was the ultimate sex symbol for women back in his days as James bond... no other bond got womens attention like Connery did
Timothy Dalton was always my favourite Bond. He had an edginess that the others lacked.
RIP and long live Sir Sean Connery (August 25, 1930 - October 31, 2020), aged 90
You will always be remembered as a legend.
It is so sad Sean Connery is in such poor health today. He was the best Bond! Bless you, Sean!
Everyone grows old sadly. I think he’s got a little bit more time left in him tho.
His care-giver has to help with dressing & everything. The poor man can scarcely walk. BOND should not go out like that!
It's like Jim Morrison said on the Doors 4th album: "No one here gets out alive" Nobody.
Live every day and pray you don't loose it upstairs; nothing's as bad as your mind going...
he's 88 you daft ?
Grigori Rasputin1990 My cousin is 94, still walks & drives fine- but doesn't like freeways.
Like I said, it's too bad he can't dress himself and is in poor health
......you moron!
Grigori Rasputin1990 look who’s talking
I really wish they had a round table of all the bonds
agreed, my favorite Bond film from the 60s is actually OHMSS because of how much closer it was to the Fleming novels, Lazenby had far more character development than Connery did as well.
I love Daniel Craig and his really physical side of things. He is breathtaking, but I am also a huge Pearce fan. He is really a tough guy as well, and I loved his version of James Bond as well.
sean connery (even at his age now) is still a great james bond for me!
yeah, not saying daniel's voice is bad. it's actually badass. but connery's is just...daaaahhh too good
Maybe it's just me but I think it would be awesome if Sean Connery and Daniel Craig be in the next 007
Sean Connery was supposed to be in Skyfall, he would've made a cameo as the old huntmaster in the final scene at the lodge, but the director decided at the last minute that it wouldn't be a good idea.
Its not at all. All the bonds before Daniel are the same person. Stop perpetuating this myth.
The producers thought it would be too distracting, and no one would watch the movie save that one scene.
Daniel who?😜
I can't stop watching Sean Connery videos. I'll miss his suave demeanor
Sean connery was the coolest guy.
YES! BOTH OF THE BEST JAMES BONDS TOGETHER!!
Both Dalton and Craig are closest to the books than the others. I read all of Ian's, John Gardener's and Raymond Benson's books.
no that would be Craig and Connery. In fact Connery played it both with an intense wit and with an intense physical presence. Dalton was shit
max rav Dalton was the shit.
neilaarondudgeon
Nah just shit.
Nah the shit.
neilaarondudgeon Well that's your opinion but I love Dalton and wish he did more like Goldeneye
Opinions everywhere, cutting one another like knives at your throats. Just relax guys, and realize that everyone has a different opinion. The world isn't going to stop tomorrow because somebody disagreed with you on RUclips. One thing we can all agree on: Sean is the greatest Bond ever and there will never be another like him.
what I like about Bond movies is that all of them are very much hard core action films but with class. You never see too much blood, gore etc. It's an action movie with taste.
The best real James Bond would be someone you would look at and instantly forget.
Exactly, Bond is a highly competent killer & operative but he’s a terrible spy.
He always draws attention to himself & never manages to successfully infiltrate an enemy organization without getting caught halfway before he achieves his goal & from there he relies on his skills, charm & a generous dash of luck to get out.
Daniel Craig is the perfect darker, tougher and more realistic James Bond.
He's not dark. He's pale.
I think he meant dark in terms of Bond's character, not as 'dark-skinned'.
Thank you, insignificantly important.
And he shows us how the character all started when they showed you the picture of his parents the house he grow up in skyfall how he became agent 007 when he first took the agency job faced his first emery he only loved one woman in his life the one who he be with forever long before he got with his ladies vesper lynd on till madeleine swann came along she was the only Bond girl that helped james move on properly from the last of vesper after what happened of the betrayal when she doubled crossed him he forgived all of that and Madeleine made him found happiness brought him to the light now we’ll all have to see what happens with there relationship in no time to die as it’s Daniel Craig’s last 007 film and I am gonna miss him when he stop playing as he’s been the best James Bond going on ages ever since he took the role in 2006
NO. Ah, you forget ‘shorter’.
As far as being cold hearted bond, I think Tim Dalton covered that area.
Connery's bond looked as if he could kill you. Connery was big. 6'3". Connery had the Scottish accent. Plus Connery actually served in the Royal Navy. Just like Bond.
I completely agree with you. Craig has re-invented Bond (who badly needed a reboot) by making him into a completely different character - his own take on 007! He is the best actor to play him since Dalton who was underrated. I still consider Dalton to be the most authentic of them all. He apparently read all of Fleming's novels prior to taking the role and even referred to them while on set. He was a Shakespearean method actor who felt obliged to stay close to the original source material.
The element that distinguished Connery's Bond portrayal from his successors was his ability to project a sense of physical danger; particularly in Dr. No and From Russia With Love, the viewer got the feeling that Connery could knock an enemy agent's head off his shoulders. Neither Moore nor Dalton was able to convey this dangerous impression. Brosnan to a degree.
for high-octane, hard hitting action packed Bond, Daniel Craig nails it. To me, it's not really a question of a favorite Bond but a question of what quality you see Bond as. And being that Sean Connery was original he qualifies as the true Bond while Daniel Craig upgraded Bond taking him to the next level.
That's right,Sherlock!,Connery did not make this franchise last 50 years,but was a very important part of it. In fact,thanks to him,a lot of fans got interested.
The weather was relentless with Sean Connery
Roger Moore was almost 50 when he did the first Bond and almost 60 when he stopped. He was the oldest. His prime really was maybe the first couple of bond movies but his real prime was playing The Saint. Up until Craig, the Moore movies were the most popular and had the highest ticket sales.
Every bond actor except lazenby says there inspiration and favourite bond actor was Sean Connery which made me wonder who is Sean Connery a favourite bond and then I realised probably himself
sean connery himself legendary james bond
2:49 I could swear Connery actually hit the guy for real, even in the "making off" footage...Only Connery and Craig conveyed that sense of reality in fights, IMO.
I wish to see these two great actors appear in one movie. at least a non James Bond one.
He said that before he saw Dr. No. Then he turned Bond into a Scot because he was so impressed with his performance.
There is no best Bond. Each Bond was good in their own way. You can always have a favorite Bond but none are the best.
@58fenix if you don't mind explain it?...i mean was it because he was getting over vesper heartache?and he was back? or was it because of the noir intro of casino royale and bond is showing us that he can kill without much feeling?
The closest to the books was Timothy Dalton, IMHO. Especially physically.
Yes! Another Daltonite.
worst bond out of the lot.
***** Bond was not built physically athletic in the books though. Timothy and Pierce are probably the two that would most closely resemble the character in appearance.
Bud Craig is tiny. Dalton is 1,91m height. Craig is 1,78 with shoes.
Janet Aldrich
exactly , I think his performance is hugely underrated !!
RIP SEAN CONNERY
@631Whatsgood Dalton was both charming and lethal. That makes him the best Bond period.
That sarcasm is what the period called for...
that is a very strong and well reasoned answer to that
True, but remember that Fleming was so impressed by Connery's take on Bond that he made the literary Bond half-Scottish in Connery's honor.
My dad installed phones. He installed Sean Connery's phone, took his daughter back to the GPO at Acton Lane to get parts, 1960s.
Lazenby is my favourite Bond. He's criminally underrated if you ask me.
@HogarthTom Agree with you concerning Craig portraying the more "brutal" aspect of James Bond.
I had the pleasure of reading my father's James Bond paperback books that date to the 1950's.
Thanks for saying what needed to be said, Alex. You are right on.
In fact, Roger Moore himself was impressed on Craig. He said this: "Daniel Craig impressed me so greatly in his debut outing, Casino Royale, by introducing a more gritty, unrefined edge to the character that I thought Sean might just have to move over. Craig’s interpretation was like nothing we’d seen on screen before; Jimmy Bond was earning his stripes and making mistakes. It was intriguing to see him being castigated by M, just like a naughty schoolboy would be by his headmaster.
I like to look at all the bonds as if they were in separate universes. Clean and simple.
exactly. Bond is an immortal character, much like superman and batman. He doesn't age. The adventure just keeps going.
Each bond had their own way of playing Bond, and it's not about who's better or worse, because they were all good in their own right. But for me Sean Connery will always be James Bond.
Great song & montage! ♥
Born: Daniel Wroughton Craig
2 March 1968 (age 44)
Chester, Cheshire, England
Sean Connery's eyebrow raise at 2:13 was just so... Bond.
Connery and Dalton were the best Bonds.
Sean was more of a charming, sophisticated and rugged type of bond which was also in the novels. Roger was flamboyant, humorous and intellectual.
Craig is probably my favourite Bond...but i got to admit, when you hear Connery's voice...THAT's fucking James Bond.
Rest In Peace Sean Connery
@Brady2k10 you're right... i feel like the closer to the source material the better, but you're right Brosnan and Moore do the swave thing a lot better and i give you that... I will say I'm glad at least Bond fans can have dignified discussions about their opinions and i thank you for that
it's funny when people critique the film (Casino Royale) based on what Bond is "supposed to be"
Casino Royale knocked both a film portrayal of Bond and a superb action movie out of the park.
The early connery ones are really impressive for the their time, the train fight is among the finest bond fights there is. Great choreography and brutal. Craig and Connery is the toughest, most physical actors yet imo. Brosnan has 007 vs 006 in goldeneye but really no other great ones. Moore fights were probably the most lame, even though I find most of them highly entertaining. Lazenby also the hotel room fight. Dalton had no really good fight except for Cargo plane battle against necros (not brutal but unique and badass). Necro against the mi6 agent was also intense and brutal, probably the best in the film (but it wasn`t bond that was doing the fighting)
Yeah I agree that for their time they were impressive fight scenes.
The connery scenes
+Ser Bronn of the blackwater Connery wore a strap on plastic seagull hat in Goldfinger. Rode a jet pack in Thunderball and fought cross dressing killers and bald maniacs in volcanoes. All very Roger Moore.
Egg Sandwich TV What is your point? Sure some of connerys movies were cheesy, it began mainly with YOLT and escalated with DAF (which started the corny style of the 70s bond). I still think he had some of the best fights, even the horrendous DAF has the elevator fight.
I don't know about you guys, but I'm watching these interviews so that one day I will be James Bond
I can't believe people thought james bond was a code name. This is the first time I'm hearing any of this.
Casino Royale was out six years ago? Holy shit time goes fast
Dammit what i want to see is an interview that brings all the Bonds together in one room just talking about bond. that would be amazing! PLEASE while they are all still alive someone bring that together!
Rip SEAN CONNERY.
RIP JAMES BOND
Hey, what's that song on the beggining??? *--*
YES!
So arm yourself.... because no one else here WILL SAAAAAAAaaave youuuu... the odds will betray youuuu...
They are still both awsome, epic, and classic.
Casino royale definitely in the top 3 of Bond films.
@level22productions So are you saying moore and brosnan are
not great?
Not many people know this, but Connery was a professional bodybuilder for a while.
Interesting ! Do you have the rest as says bigjamesbondfan ?
It does. Fact is Daniel Craig is as the first actor to truly embody Ian Fleming's James Bond from the original novel: ironic, brutal and cold. In other words, a ruthless, killing machine.
He got plenty on Zardoz the weird post-apocalyptic movie from'74. The still run it, make sure you see uncut version,
1) Connery
2) Craig
3) Brosnan
4) Dalton
5) Roger
6) George
Sean Connery, by far the best
This is how I favor my Bonds and how I see it. If you want true classic vintage as a favorite for Bond, Sean Connery is top choice. If you favor second best, it's George Lazenby. If you're in for a good laugh and favor Bond for comedy, Roger Moore fits that category. If you favor the darker and gothic side of James Bond, Timothy Dalton is the answer. And if you want typical modern day uber-classic espionage of Bond, favor Pierce Brosnan and finally if you're looking for an upgrade (continued)...
The reason why Craig really appeals to me was that especially in Casino Royale, their was a sense of realism not in the other bonds movies. The movie focused around a poker game, wasn't structured like the other bond movies and wasn't over-the top with its gadgets and action.. Craig is an excellent actor for a "real Bond"
What stuntmen lived about Sean was when he hit he ment it, many of them left the set badly brused! And they loved it as it was raw, real and honest!
Whats the song that plays in the beginning? I love it.
Patience guys!
I will upload all 45 glorious minutes of this on friday.
See you then!
From all reports, a pleasant fellow. Fun to work with.
I love all the Bonds and all the Bond-films :D
Both are my two favorite Bond's :)
I like to think Craig is more true to the way Fleming saw the character, or at least more like how such a person would actually be in reality. People seem to forget that when the original Bond movies were out action stuff was always very camp and kind of over the top. Things have really changed since then and people tend to expect a little more realism and grit in modern action films. They're both the best actors for the job at the time they were cast in my opinion.
Whats the song after the Gun barrel scene in the beggining
sean and pierce... my favorite bonds
Thank you!
If they had been really smart this is how they would've set things up from the start. Having "James Bond" as his cover/code name works just perfectly and also silences all those people who are always complaining that he never hides his identity :)
Still, only hindsight is 20-20. Who was too know how successful and long running the franchise was going to become!
i think Daniel Craig's bond is a mix between Connery's and Dalton's. Dalton was the first bond to be more dark and gritty. People who don't like the latest bond reboot need to take into consideration that they are keeping the films modern and are changing and adapting to make Bond better and less predictable. The only comparison I can think of is the old Batman films and how they changed to a better more up to date realistic tone in Christopher Nolan's trilogy
1.Timothy Dalton
2.Sean Connery
3.Pierce Brosnan
4.Clint "Cheyenne"Walker
Exactly right! Imagine if that movie had been made w/ the new technology used on films nowadays.
@Brady2k10 He played Remington Steel, even when he became bond. He looked the best as bond, but he didn't have all the same characteristics as Bond, from the books. The only actors who were able to do that were Connery, Dalton, and Craig.
Well when they were saying that Sean Connery was going to cameo in Skyfall I thought that this was the route they were taking. I thought Sean was going to be like his mentor and the previous Bond, but they ended up killing that idea. According to the writers James Bonds real name is James Bond, and none of the other bonds exist within the same movieverse. But what throws me off is that M was played by Judi Dench in the Pierce Brosnan movies too.
FYI Ian Fleming didn't want Connery as Bond originally but ended up liking him so much that he actually wrote a scottish history to James Bond. So in Ian Fleming's eyes, Connery WAS Bond.
TheSHIELDCap
I also like Mr. Craig's take on Bond. And I wish that tcvicesquad had posted the entire interview with both of these fine actors