Sean Connery ended up

2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 14:00

The famous actor and the sexiest pensioner in Britain, Sean Connery, turned out to be a loser. Having abandoned the role of the wizard Gandalf in the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, the actor, thus, lost the opportunity to receive the largest fee in the history of cinema. Such a stunning statement was made by the director of the trilogy, Peter Jackson (Peter Jackson). According to him, the script was sent to the famous British actor, but he refused to participate in the project, citing the fact that he did not understand Tolkien's work and did not see himself in this role.

"New Line told me that Connery's involvement was necessary for the project to be given the green light and ask me to send him a script," Jackson said. and I didn’t think the company would be able to offer him enough royalties. However, Mark Ordeski (producer of the film) said they would offer Connery 10-15 percent of the worldwide box office in lieu of royalties,”commented Jackson.

It is easy to calculate that if Sean Connery had agreed to play Gandalf, his income would have amounted to more than $ 300 million, since the total box office receipts of all three films in the world box office amounted to almost $ 3 billion. However, you should not dwell on the amount of fees, you still need to respect the personal opinion of the actor.

However, examples when famous actors refused to participate in a project, which then became the historical heritage of cinema, are not so rare. For example, Julia Roberts gave up filming in Basic Instinct. If it were not for Roberts' refusal, who would millions of girls be guided by in the skill of seductively throwing their legs over, if not Sharon Stone? Al Pacino turned down an offer to play a role in Eliot Ness's film The Untouchables, and Kevin Costner took all the credit. Gene Hackman refused to play Hannibal Lector in The Silence of the Lambs, but is it possible now to present this intellectually bloodthirsty character as someone other than Anthony Hopkins?