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This Disgusting Classic Was Actor Sean Connery Too Much

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Sean Connery (†90), who died in 2020 at the age of 90, has rejected a role that has written film history. Director Jonathan Demme (†73) revealed to Deadline in 2016 that the actor was originally intended for the role of the diabolical Hannibal Lecter in "The Silence of the Lambs". After the script was sent to him, however, the Scotsman refused. The reason? Sean is said to have simply felt the script as "disgusting" and refused to participate in …
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Sean Connery (†90), who died in 2020 at the age of 90, has rejected a role that has written film history. Director Jonathan Demme (†73) revealed to Deadline in 2016 that the actor was originally intended for the role of the diabolical Hannibal Lecter in "The Silence of the Lambs". After the script was sent to him, however, the Scotsman refused. The reason? Sean is said to have simply felt the script as "disgusting" and refused to participate in …

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Promiflash.de broke the news in on Thursday, September 18, 2025.
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