WTF Happened to SEAN CONNERY?

In our latest WTF series, we take a look at some of our favorite stars and filmmakers who have seemingly disappeared or altered their careers over the years to the point that begs the question; WTF happened? Now, before you think we're just picking on celebrities or running some gossip rag stuff, think again! We take a fun (and sometimes funny), researched and fair approach, looking at all angles that led our subject to wherever they are now (which isn't necessarily a bad place at all). If anything, it answers the question on where these fine folks went, how they got there and where you can find 'em now.
This time out we take a look at the career of the legendary Sean Connery!
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[@alanescareno9748]

Rest In Peace ✌️Sean Connery 1930 - 2020

[@strangewolf1261]

Hearing about his Passing definitely hit real hard. Grew up watching him as James Bond & I still say he was the Best!

[@kevinfox500]

Amen. We lost a.grear man, when he was called home.

[@Gogettor]

POTENT POTABLES

[@aysharosenqvist2710]

I don't wanna accept that he is not alive

[@borntodeal]

He worked hard, had a long career, made a lot of money, acquired millions of adoring fans and retired at the top of his game and is enjoying his life.

[@davidt8173]

Sir Sean Connery has not been well for some time, according to his family, yet somehow he was still cool enough to die in his sleep in the Bahamas at the age of 90. I think he spoiled us with his timelessness. RIP Bond...James Bond.

[@Anthonylezamatattoos]

Well said!!

[@tshelby5212]

Hate to break it to you dude he died

[@bboy6791]

He died. That’s what happened. RIP my favorite 007.

[@JackContraband]

He lived a good life and got out at a good time. Rest well, Sir Connery.

[@MrBruce5437]

JoBlo created this video before Sir Sean Connery passed away

[@momomono795]

@@MrBruce5437 what a stupid title though from a d*****youtuber !!!! Nothing bad happened to him . He is a legend and lived a great live and died as a legend . Becuase he chose to retire that doesn't mean WTF happened to him.

[@okay333666]

It boggles my mind that he could have been Gandalf. "You shall not Pash!"

[@johnsmith-wx5fb]

It's a good little comment. Deserves more recognition.

[@dr.davidwho4053]

😁😆

[@jonasthemovie]

Actuall lol

[@oddballl9128]

"A Wishard ish never late. He arrivesh exshactly when he instendsh to."

[@warrenhailes2388]

lol!!

[@Temptation666]

The man is 89 years old. He wanted to stop working at the age of 72 and who can blame him.

[@mpdalyful1]

Connery told his agent to Tell Hollywood to fuck off if anyone asked him about his future plans after the league of extraordinary gentleman

[@notyou8716]

@@mpdalyful1 He royally screwed up by passing on The Lord of The Rings and The Matrix because he didn't understand the stories. It always strikes me as odd when an actor who spends his/her career in the business of PRETENDING has difficulty understanding a work of fiction.

[@Zooumberg]

He walks with a stick and is very frail.

[@kennethrussell1158]

@@mpdalyful1 👍😃😃😃😃

[@kdub1242]

As I write this (on Saturday, 8/22/2020), on this coming Tuesday, he will turn 90.

[@billyllewis]

R.I.P. Sean Connery. I’ll never forget watching your movies back in the 80’s on The Movie Channel.

[@brucemichaelwentworth3857]

I love the theory that "The Rock" was about a retired (disavowed) old James Bond. It WORKS!

[@johnsmith-wx5fb]

Its a theory as old as the film, you didn't know!?!? Dude😬

[@anonb4632]

@@johnsmith-wx5fb It's strongly hinted at in the film. A British agent who went rogue and exposed Roswell and other stuff. 😄

[@johnsmith-wx5fb]

@@anonb4632 a man as resourceful as bond could never be caged for decades

[@brucemichaelwentworth3857]

@@johnsmith-wx5fb well, I did see it in the theatre- and even then felt like it worked. So yeah, I was aware. I was just saying that I love it🙂

[@johnsmith-wx5fb]

@@brucemichaelwentworth3857 oh god please!?!? Not another one of these "ive seen it in the theatre" dudes😬. They plague the comments of every movie clip on KZbin😕

[@digapygmy70]

The Name of the Rose is incredible, and I was blown away by Connery's performance

[@vicsaul5459]

thats one of his best. also, the man who would be king with michael caine, ! classics

[@CableB_]

I believe he retired because Hollywood was going through some changes and Sean wanted no part of it. And I remember him saying that they we're greenlighting so many movies and giving them to incompetent people

[@stephensdygert7600]

I loved when he slapped Harrison Ford in the Last Crusade. "And thats for blasphemy"

[@Pashasmom1]

That was excellent. Loved the way he called Ford "Junior".

[@Locadel2003]

He is the reason Indiana Jones 3 is my favorite of the series and one of the most fun entertaining action adventure movies ever made. Rip legend

[@mysoncrumphaseveryinjury3853]

RIP Sean Connery,one of the most respectable personalities in the history of showbusiness is sadly gone now. I feel I need to catch up on his movies.

[@coreyroberson4550]

”I got offered ‘The Lord of the Rings,’ and I turned it down because I didn’t understand it. I was offered ‘The Matrix’ - twice - and I turned it down because I didn’t understand it. I don’t understand this movie [League of Extraordinary Gentlemen], but I’ll be damned if I’m going to turn it down.”- Sean Connery

[@copheart]

Ha! Is this real? I hope so

[@Amarianee]

@@copheart Yup. Well, at least turning down the offers (with some snooty disdain). The motivation is assumed, but pretty much on point.

[@tabletop77]

Yeah I always thought that showed an amazing lack of imagination on his part. I mean I can understand not being into The Lord Of The Rings...but not understanding it!? All he had to do to play Gandalf was what he had been doing for most of the 80s and 90s...its a father figure role...its Ramirez in Highlander, William of Baskerville, Indy's Dad, Malone in The Untouchables, Ramius in The Hunt For Red October. Ok perhaps he was sick of these kinds of roles...that's fair enough! Too bad...his loss since Ian McKellan was amazing.

[@dr.davidwho4053]

😆

[@Brastius]

Well to be fair, the books are a bit of a slog to get through. Maybe that's the only reference material he checked.

[@187mrsmith]

He's getting old man people need to appreciate him he's not gonna be around for to much longer! He Is one of my all time favorite actors the rock is probably in my top 5 favorite action movies

[@carrolljohnson4927]

You were so right, RIP Sean Connery " Bond, James Bond"! 🙏🏽

[@cv-bo5to]

😭😭

[@Disconnect350]

Connery was one of the best things about Highlander even with his short screen time. Ramirez is one of my favorite mentor figures in movies and his chemistry with Christopher Lambert was so good since they became good friends while filming.

[@edh8900]

This does not age well, does it? Damn...

[@prasad.k8281]

Nope it doesn't

[@michaelschiessl8357]

He happily retired ..He plays golf in the Bahamas where he has a home. He deserves it!

[@billyrattlesticks6949]

He did what Gene Hackman did, he just decided to live life, respect to them :)

[@asifkhan4822]

"Welcome to the Rock." Connery has the most famous Scottish Brogue accent ever.

[@johnsmith-wx5fb]

If you already said brogue, you dont need to say accent. Its like saying i love this big mac burger

[@ferociousgumby]

"Brogue" is Irish anyway.

[@johnsmith-wx5fb]

@@ferociousgumby it isnt exclusive to the irish accent. It's a word to be used instead of accent.

[@johnsmith-wx5fb]

@Jim McCracken you don't know what you're talking about phil

[@johnsmith-wx5fb]

@Jim McCracken yeah yeah why dont you phil McCracken and get it over with. The word Brogue does not have to follow the word Irish.

[@surfin392]

Sean Connery's redemption came in the form of the "From Russia With Love Video Game" which came out in 2005. He recorded all new dialog for the game.

[@ricardocantoral7672]

Doesn't count.

[@99goat99]

The man is a legend, and I have nothing but complete respect for him. I wish him many more happy healthy years.

[@Alvan81]

RIP Sir Sean Connery, so many great film moments.

[@trippymchippy8586]

"Irish and Scottish is close enough" ... never say that in either Scotland, or Ireland ;)

[@KillianoC]

As an Irishman: yes. You are correct

[@hypnocilicdreams]

I fear for this narrator.

[@johnsmith-wx5fb]

Say whatever whenever where ever. Watchu gonna do boud id?

[@stephensdygert7600]

Just tell them they're all Celtic twits, and the British have always owned them! I'm joking!

[@mattberg6816]

One is English the other has its own language so yeah a bit off

[@sinnexit7450]

One of the worlds greatest actors and thee best Bond to have graced the big screen. Never forgotten. Forever missed. RIP

[@vincentsimon4037]

Great documentary JoBlo!! I watched it to the end! Thanks!!

[@muhammadalikhan7244]

RIP Sir Sean Connery aka The Real James Bond in the cinematic history who made my childhood 💔

[@wchinwai]

Came here after hearing the sad news of his passing. Loved his Bond movies and the Rock.

[@CTXVII]

Did Indiana know his father was such a badass?

[@CoastfishTV]

The greatest Bond. The only Bond I could watch over and over again. RIP Sean

[@joj174]

Just found this channel last night and I have been binge watching all the WTF's lol . Thank you for your hard work , keep up the good work !!

[@jimmypage1969]

Sean Connery was the best Bond

[@IngoFilmfreak]

Sorry - Timothy Dalton was my favourite (being an 80s kid et al....)

[@anonb4632]

@@IngoFilmfreak I was around in the eighties but just no... I like Dalton but his Bond was a bit miscast.

[@Rebar77_real]

Shmack! Neat, sound effects can have an accent. :)

[@Thespeedrap]

He's the original after that maybe Pierce Bronsman.

[@okay333666]

Said everyone's dad ever.

[@Jos46664]

"if you choose to accept it"? That's Mission Impossible, not James Bond

[@Rebar77_real]

A wizard did it.

[@nitehawk86]

@@Rebar77_real No, he wasn't in the Lord of the Rings

[@hypnocilicdreams]

Yes! Jos46664's movie trivia knowledge K.O's the narrator!

[@MrEab2010]

he was referencing the spy craze of the mid-1960s that James Bond inspired. I lived through it as a kid and it was incredible.

[@johnsmith-wx5fb]

@@MrEab2010 wasnt it SHOULD you choose to accept it?

[@sarimhamid7810]

Who's here after he's passed away, Rip Sean Connery (1930-2020)

[@kaisykaisy]

Thank you very much JoBlo for this channel, I already Subscribed with 5 stars and my bell is waiting for your rings. Kaisy / San Francisco

[@CornishCreamtea07]

Bond may also have been half Scottish because Fleming was half Scottish, his father Valentine was from Fife.

[@spoonhanz]

I quite like league of extraordinary gentlemen.

[@vittoriacolona]

I had no problem with it. I enjoyed it a lot.

[@sharadowasdr]

Me too. i don't get all the hate it gets. Its not the most boring movie either. Then again I'm a sucker for that time period, that may have something to do with it.

[@eldersprig]

great comic, lousy film, but Connery was great

[@Aj-zr8dz]

Here fuckin' here.

[@Hoganply]

It wasn't the most amazing movie I'd seen as a kid, but I wasn't half surprised when I found out how hated it was. I think it's the black halo of the production that made people think it such a stinker, and expectations set by the source material.

[@mtumasz]

Great Flow in this video!🙏🏻thnx Man

[@ddobry21]

OK Joe, you got me, I'm newly subbed. You got me with your Joeblo WTF Joebio docs. Hope to see more of those.

[@jasonshaneyfelt1039]

I still think it would have been awesome if he came back to play Kincade in Skyfall. What an amazing cameo that would have been for the 50th anniversary Bond. I’ve heard a rumor it was offered to him and if you re-watch the movie, it really feels like the role was written for him.

[@matthewbrown2037]

As Mr C was so well known as 007, it is easy to forget just how many movies he actually made. I really like films like The Last Crusade, The Hunt For Red October, Highlander and the Untouchables etc, plus many more. The Rock is daft, but a damn good yarn, and remains a very watchable film to this day, and as for the Man Who would Be King, well that's one of my favorite films of all time. Also, although i know it's widely panned, but i actually quite like The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. Unfortunately, since this video was uploaded, we've lost Sean, and the world will never be the same. RIP

[@Labyrinth1010]

Another stellar WTF. Keep these coming!

[@tonywilliamson-bruscaglia3070]

You know what, “I haven’t changed my opinion.” Is one of the best replies ever.

[@eddiemcgrath8536]

lol, the interviewer was all ready for a denial...not Sean.

[@AlexRides808]

Can't put the toothpaste back in the tube

[@flagflow1232]

@@AlexRides808 He doesn't have to, as he didn't say anything wrong.

[@avatarjr1]

sometimes ya just gotta slap a bitch. lol

[@anonb4632]

This is the one thing I can never forgive Connery for. He has appeared in decent films and made a positive contribution to Scotland, but I can't get past this.

[@tatoshkytouch]

Rest in peace Sir Sean Connery🙏🖤. The best Bond ever

[@MysticPredator]

"Mission should you choose to accept it" is Mission Impossible not James Bond

[@LucyLioness100]

Who cares? Not everyone has seen the “Mission Impossible” series or films. I don’t mind a spy line homage

[@MasterAub01]

very very good video thanks for all those interesting yet funny videos

[@howardblasingame7961]

Thank you for this excellent critique.

[@carmenm.rodriguez2440]

Thank you for this video on my favorite actor of all time...🇵🇷❤👍

[@Zeithri]

I always rewatch Dragonheart on my Birthday. It's tradition at this point. If I don't watch that, it tends to be something similar like Prince of Thieves or such. But I love Dragonheart, it's such a good movie.

[@yeeminyamin5515]

Great wee video to watch during the lockdoon pal. 👍🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 no bagpipe emote yet?

[@bmilano1580]

I had such a crush on him when I was little. He just aged so well! Even looks better in old than young just because of his beautiful eyes! It's crazy

[@FlorisYoung]

Sean connery is one of my absolute favourite actors of all time. He was part of my childhood because he played the father of my childhood hero "Indiana Jones" and he was fantastic as James Bond. And the rock and the hunt for red october were also pretty great. Thank you Sean!

[@raymondleggs5508]

When you realize that a young sean connery looks like a combination of Jon Hamm and Hugh Jackman.

[@joannemurdock7899]

great video and very interesting 🥰

[@TheEntilza]

Watching it now after the passing of Connery. The chilling feeling when you say 'you can't go on doing things until you die' and then showing a clip of SNL spoofing Alex Trebec who passed away a few days ago. Wow, that's some prescience. Great video!

[@dondrap513]

His eyebrows in the early b/w work were insane. They're noticeably less gigantic as he gets closer to being James bond.

[@dondevice3342]

Again, so many little errors, many of which seem to have been touched on already in these comments, but one thing that drives me crazy about your otherwise quite enjoyable and entertaining (& occasionally informative!) pieces: Bad Pronunciation of things that are easy to research and/or not so hard to simply sound out. Here the first to assault my ears (monocle staying firmly in hand, mind you- expensive!) was “Anna KARENINA (ka REN (as in Kylo)- EN- AH) NOT Anna Kurennia”. Thanks for this, Sean is a great favorite of mine! ;-)

[@olanordmann1276]

Hi man, love your videos! :) I was wondering could u make a WTF Happened to Dustin Hoffman? :)

[@radraph9649]

RIP CONERY. Very well put together documentary and narrating.

[@AvengerII]

Connery's last performance as James Bond was voiceover work for the 2005 videogame adaptation of From Russia with Love. That's 2 years after The League of Extraordinary Gentlement and 22 years past Never Say Never Again! He was interviewed and that extra is on the game disc. He said he was happy to play Bond one final time!

[@brianhiles8164]

Sean Connery had a perfect accent in _The Hunt for Red October!_ Ramius, his character, was from Lithuania, not Russia. Everybody in that country, speaking Lithuanian, sound exactly like Sean Connery. They do now, that is.

[@john2914]

The world is genuinely blessed to have this great person. He has given the best of filmed entertainment for the last 65 yrs. Thank you sir. You are incredible.

[@rickyperalta9657]

Saw this video like a month ago and out of nowhere he passes away now 🤦🏾‍♂️ Rip

[@cadillacdeville5828]

He's awesome 😍💙, I ALWAYS loved his voice.

[@nini1772]

RIP Sir Sean Connery ..you will forever be Bond James Bond💔💔💔💔💔💔💔

[@RichardAllen7753]

I have to say, Mr Blo, thank you for claiming the title system of "WTF happened to". You are really doing it justice!

[@transmissionggb2820]

This man makes me proud to be Scottish, except highlander 2 that is.

[@aaronhumes2615]

Sean is my favorite James Bond

[@bafattvahetere]

He IS James Bond.

[@wstine79]

We could've had a Scottish Gandalf.

[@enigmaoverride1481]

We could've even had a Scottish Morpheus

[@newbiechu7024]

@@enigmaoverride1481 He was meant to be The Engineer not Morpheus.

[@newbiechu7024]

*"SSSHHYOU SHALL NOT PASSSSSHHHHH!!!!!!!!*

[@enigmaoverride1481]

@@newbiechu7024 I read some sources say he was also offered the role of Morpheus

[@KillianoC]

Thankfully not though. He would have been phoning it in by the Two Towers

[@webzeplin6743]

Who’s here after he passed away Sean Connery , you will always be remembered as bond and so much more

[@beverly183]

I’m watching one of your movies today, rising sun. Love you

[@sdprazak]

Sean Connery is like a bottle of fine wine! Better with each passing year...

[@kareliask]

Don't overlook The Russia House, an amiable and slow espionage yarn, a little like Gorky Park.

[@zsbaker]

Probably one of the best videos I've seen in 2 years

[@JCResDoc94]

*☼ really nice. well put together. =)*

[@saikiajoydeep15]

True legends always leaves a impact in the heart, mind as well as the soul.

[@BLAZENYCBLACKOPS]

Father Time happened, that’s all. He’s coming for us all so enjoy while you can because it creeps up faster than you think.

[@Madhu2405]

A true fan has presented true blooded tribute to Sean Connery! Loved it man😁!

[@Stigmatainmypants]

What happened to him? The vibe i got: he was offered "The Matrix" but didn't understand it and turned it down. He then regretted that decision when it became the phenomenon that it did, so when "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" came along he took it, even though he still didn't get it, because he didn't want to miss another "MATRIX". Unfortunately LEAGUE turned out being utter garbage and a bomb, and I think Sir Sean just got frustrated at that point and gave up.

[@JB0071051982]

Indeed that is what happened. After wards he did two voice over roles and called it a day. He voiced James Bond in the video game adaptation of From Russia With Love and then did an animated movie for an independent Scottish animation studio.

[@Shadowman820]

Actually it was the role of Gandalf in Lord of the Rings that he turned down because he didn't understand it .

[@matthewgaudet4064]

He was also in the horrible remake of The Avengers tv series that was made into a movie.

[@spacechimp5141]

he got old like humans tend to do.

[@stevejacobs4246]

Show him a picture of Larry King and it will all make sense to him I promise.

[@smokefromthepit9398]

Time bandits is one of my all time favourites I got it on DVD

[@johnIZaUWL]

Sean NEEDS to do SNL’s Celebrity Jeopardy playing himself 🤣🤘🤣

[@Chuk392]

Sean Connery, my favorite Bond is his own man. He is self-taught and confident with himself. An epitome of confidence. The man behind the saying "Bald is cool" What a man... My inspiration... God have broken the mold after making Sean..

[@Nakna_ankaN]

"You're the man now dog." Might not have been huge among 12-year olds, but it definitely was a phenomenon, as it led to YTMND, which was pretty big in the 2000's.

[@langleymneely]

“You’re the man now dog” look it up & find the website to see you were not the only person obsessed with that line.

[@menmanagement]

Sir Sean Connery lives in the Bahamas now and it living life till it's time to go.

[@arbacadabra]

RIP Sir Sean Connery 🙏🏽🙏🏽😭😭 You will be missed....

[@gauravtributes5023]

He was way ahead of his time, he simply got tired of seeing all the faminist BS, i don't blame him. Most of the Film's today lacks creativity, there are only remake's.

[@spaceodds1985]

Great vid. The Hill is a masterpiece.

[@MrEab2010]

his best performance IMO.

[@ricardocantoral7672]

I dare say The Hill is Sidney Lumet's best film and the following scene is probably the best moment of Connery's entire career. kzbin.info/www/bejne/o5jGZWeHp7KYaNU

[@spaceodds1985]

Ricardo Cantoral I agree, but for me its the last shot of the film that really nerved me.

[@paulrawes]

@@ricardocantoral7672 A truly acting virtuoso. Quite brilliant!

[@tmo7777]

Sean Connery movies gave us a version of Manhood in film that Is missing in today's cinema. His Bond was The Best Most Believable. R.I.P. Sean Connery.

[@dennisdecoene]

My favorite actor since I was a child. Long ago.

He retired, end of story, i live along the road from where his old flat was in Edinburgh Scotland..

[@anonb4632]

I'm down at Fountainbridge on a regular basis and walk past his plaque.

@@anonb4632 I'm at longstone just 5 mins along the road

[@anonb4632]

@ Ah, okay. Waves from S. Gyle! Matthew's Chinese was a lifesaver during lockdown when all the mainstream supermarkets were running out a couple of months back. :) I walk along the canal a lot. Neil Connery still lives in Edinburgh. He goes to some of the pubs in Corstorphine - or did when they were open. I don't remember much of the old Fountainbridge TBH, because I moved here in the nineties. I think McEwans was still going. I think he'd barely recognise it with all the overpriced flats.

@@anonb4632 never tried it mate, i just stocked my 2 freezers so i didn't have to leave my gaff ,will try it now you mentioned it tho lol..

[@anonb4632]

@ It was better early on I suppose. A mate of mine needed to get a big load of shopping in just before lockdown and the main supermarkets (like Tesco Corstorphine) were getting empty shelves. I got a tip off the Chinese places were well stocked. There is some weird & exotic stuff in there, right enough, but I got flour, and some veg etc out of it. When Tesco/Sainsbury's/Scotmid were out of pasta I just bought tonnes of their noodles. The big supermarkets are back but I don't rec Tesco Cors. just now. Was in a couple of days ago and some guy was wandering around coughing. I'm told the Asda at Chesser got pretty bad at a couple of points but I've not been in there for a year! But at least I never ran out of bog roll. 😄

[@-C.S.R]

What happened to Sean Connery? 😂 He’s in his mid 90’s that what happened! I’m sure if you live that long and you were a movie legend, you would want people to remember you that way, not all old needing help everywhere you go! #bestbond

[@lag767]

Thanks!

[@renekauts8323]

The best movies of Sean Connery are: "Thunderball"(1965), "You Only Live Twice"(1967), "The Untouchables"(1987), "The Hunt For Red October"(1990), "The Rock"(1996).

[@queenofcats1]

the League was great! one of my favorite movies!

[@AmrothPalantir]

bruh... don't say "the formula works" when we getting a female 007 next... They killed it like Smeagol kills his prey.

[@marcgebhart1354]

Good Job.

[@biblebaby2012]

Highlander 2 the quickening is my favorite! I know no one liked it but l love it. Medicine Man was one I liked as well.