The Picard Maneuver@piefed.world to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoSir Sean Connery was a selective actormedia.piefed.worldexternal-linkmessage-square110fedilinkarrow-up1773arrow-down16
arrow-up1767arrow-down1external-linkSir Sean Connery was a selective actormedia.piefed.worldThe Picard Maneuver@piefed.world to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square110fedilink
minus-squareFlat Pluto Society@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·1 day agoHe would’ve been awful. Connery was good at playing smarmy dickheads, but he was kind of ass any time he wasn’t playing a smarmy dickhead.
minus-squaredejected_warp_core@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·edit-21 day agoThis is why his performance in The Rock is pitch perfect.
minus-squareFlat Pluto Society@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·34 seconds agoExactly. He may not have been a great actor in terms of range or depth of character, but no one else is delivering a line like “Losers whine about doing their best. Winners go home and fuck the prom queen” like that.
He would’ve been awful. Connery was good at playing smarmy dickheads, but he was kind of ass any time he wasn’t playing a smarmy dickhead.
This is why his performance in The Rock is pitch perfect.
Exactly. He may not have been a great actor in terms of range or depth of character, but no one else is delivering a line like “Losers whine about doing their best. Winners go home and fuck the prom queen” like that.