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What part was he offered in Lord of the Rings?
Sweet God. Insidious grossed over $54 million domestically. Insidious: Chapter 2 just made $41 million in its opening weekend.
The internet says Connery was offered Gandalf. I can't see it myself, though I'd love to hear someone do an imitation of him saying You Shall Not Pass in his slurred brogue.
I'm having a far harder time envisioning him in any of the Matrix movies.
I'm with Frank. The idea nearly makes me laugh. fuck it. I am laughing.
Imagining Connery as either Gandalf or Morpheus makes me laugh out loud. That voice... "You schhall not passchh!"
that's what I mean! it is out of SNL.
At least with Morpheus I wouldn't have had preconceived notions that would make a thick Scottish burr hysterical; Gandalf pretty much had to be a storied British actor for the voice, even if they hadn't been able to achieve the Platonic ideal of casting Ian McKellen.
Well, Gandalf was "Another" that Tolkein never quite defined even in the appendices. So Scottish burr I have less problems with than Sean Connery knowing Kung Fu.