Sean Connery

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q4573: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only person by that name on Wikidata.

Counted as other. The films the hosts said they were tied to, which the two lists below run through too: Beverly Hills Cop II (1987); Skyfall (2012). Count them as actor (9 films) instead.

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

Casino Royale (2006): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Skyfall (2012), which they were tied to as considered to play Kincade: Casino Royale ⇒ Skyfall (the host's read). Skyfall is the payoff of the first Craig movie, where Vesper's betrayal shows Bond can feel.
    “it's also the ultimate payoff of what starts in the 1st Craig movie”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Skyfall’ With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Amanda Dobbins · 0:12:29 · Sean Fennessey (0.45 sure it was them)

Christopher Nolan: 1 line

  1. industry (industry) · through Skyfall (2012), which they were tied to as considered to play Kincade: Christopher Nolan ⇒ Skyfall (the host's read). Bond producers wanted their own critically acclaimed thriller since Nolan was having all the fun with Bond-esque movies.
    “Let's do it ourselves.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Skyfall’ With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Amanda Dobbins · 0:02:35 · Chris Ryan (0.80 sure it was them)

The Dark Knight (2008): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Skyfall (2012), which they were tied to as considered to play Kincade: The Dark Knight ⇒ Skyfall (the host's read). Mendes openly lifted the Dark Knight aesthetic and the orphan-avenging-sins idea.
    “Mendy's just very openly lifted a lot of the Dark Knight aesthetic for these movies.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Skyfall’ With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Amanda Dobbins · 0:46:30 · Chris Ryan (0.60 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

Creed (2015): 1 line

  1. industry (industry) · through Skyfall (2012), which they were tied to as considered to play Kincade: Skyfall ⇒ Creed (the host's read). Bringing a prestige director to a franchise leads to Coogler doing Creed and Black Panther.
    “It leads to things like Ryan Kugler does Creed in Black Panther”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Skyfall’ With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Amanda Dobbins · 0:45:54 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)

The Rock (1996): 1 line

  1. theme (scrapped premise) · through Beverly Hills Cop II (1987), which they were tied to as co-star in the original England-set Cop II concept: Beverly Hills Cop II ⇒ The Rock (the host's read). The abandoned England/Scotland Yard concept with Sean Connery became the backbone of The Rock a decade later.
    “initially written Beverly Hills Cop 2 to be Eddie Murphy in England, solving crimes with Sean Connery, actually, which basically, I think, winds up being like essentially the backbone for what the rock is 10 years later or whatever.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Beverly Hills Cop II’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 1:00:18 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Acting (14) everyone in acting

Other (2) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

career (3)

  1. career (career): Sean Connery → Daniel Craig. Craig is a legitimately great actor, which wasn't true of most Bonds; Connery hadn't yet built his chops.
    “They were great movie performers, but not necessarily great actors.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Skyfall’ With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Amanda Dobbins · 0:17:24 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): Sean Connery → The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. Connery made LXG then retired from movies.
    “I'm retiring from movies.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2025 March Madness Update 1 · 1:10:05 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. career (career): Chris Hemsworth → Sean Connery. Doubts that Hemsworth is just a big stuntman echo Fleming dismissing Connery as an overblown stuntman when cast as Bond.
    “Ian Fleming publicly was like, he's not an actor.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Thor · 0:24:38 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

theme (1)

  1. theme (theme): Sean Connery → Marvel Cinematic Universe. Connery cameo would feel like Marvel interconnection, which Bond movies are not.
    “having Sean Connery in there is sort of like the Marvel interconnecting universe of it all.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Skyfall’ With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Amanda Dobbins · 0:58:23 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)

unmapped (1)

  1. unmapped (accent): Isabella Rossellini → Sean Connery. Her accent stays unchanged across roles, as Connery's did.
    “kind of in the Sean Connery zone, always sounds like that.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Fearless with Timothy Simons · 1:54:45 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

verdict (1)

  1. verdict (verdict): Roger Moore → Sean Connery. Moore beating Robocop was the biggest Patreon bracket surprise; the speaker expected Connery to beat him.
    “This is the most surprising thing on either bracket for me because I was just convinced that Connery would smoke him.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2022 MARCH MADNESS UPDATE 2 PRESENTED BY THE CHIP REPORT · 0:31:40 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

what-if (2)

  1. what-if (what-if): Sean Connery → Skyfall. Connery was in talks to play Kincade but stunt casting was rejected.
    “They were in discussions with Sean Connery to play Kincaid.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Skyfall’ With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Amanda Dobbins · 0:57:07 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. what-if (what-if): Sean Connery → The Matrix. Connery was going to be Morpheus but thought the script was dog shit.
    “He was going to be Morpheus. So they sent him this dog shit script.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2025 March Madness Update 1 · 1:09:27 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Sean Connery: Connery thought many scripts were dog shit, made LXG and retired.
    “So I guess the next one that comes across my desk that is dog shit I should make.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2025 March Madness Update 1 · 1:09:58 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)