Hollywood legend Sean Connery’s predecessors in the James Bond franchise, Pierce Brosnan and Daniel Craig, remembered the original 007 as an acting giant who cast a long shadow of “cinematic splendor” that will live on forever.
The Legendary Scottish star, who became a global sensation as the first James Bond and featured in a string of cult hits in his five-decade-long career, died on Friday at the age of 90.
According to BBC, the actor passed away overnight in his sleep while in the Bahamas. He had been unwell for quite some time.
Sir Sean Connery, you were my greatest James Bond as a boy, and as a man who became James Bond himself. You cast a long shadow of cinematic splendor that will live on forever,” Brosnan wrote on Instagram.
The 67-year-old star, who played the suave British spy in four movies between 1995 to 2002, said all the actors who followed Connery’s “iconic foot steps”, looked up to him with reverence and admiration. “Each man in his turn looked to you with reverence and admiration as we forged ahead with our own interpretations of the role. (AP)
