It’s 60 years since Sean Connery’s 007 was first glimpsed on screen in Dr No in a scene set at 3am in a Mayfair casino. “We wouldn’t be here today if it were not for Sean Connery and all the people who made that original film,” Broccoli says of the first in the 25 film series. It still holds up.” …
James Bond wasn’t the first movie series, but it was arguably the first modern movie franchise. Similarly, though Sean Connery wasn’t the first actor to play a character over a number of films, he could be considered the first real franchise star—and, by extension, the first star to try and escape one. The Scottish actor, who died on 31 October …
