The Picard Maneuver@piefed.world to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoSir Sean Connery was a selective actormedia.piefed.worldimagemessage-square122linkfedilinkarrow-up1831arrow-down19
arrow-up1822arrow-down1imageSir Sean Connery was a selective actormedia.piefed.worldThe Picard Maneuver@piefed.world to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square122linkfedilink
minus-squareFlat Pluto Society@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·5 days 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-up14·edit-25 days agoThis is why his performance in The Rock is pitch perfect.
minus-squareFlat Pluto Society@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 days 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.