What a mistake. Sean Connery turned down the role of Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings, which would have been perhaps even a bigger and more memorable role than James Bond. While Ian McKellen was arguably the perfect Gandalf, and in retrospect the role could not be played by anyone else, one can’t help but delight in imagining Sir Sean Connery in those gray robes, walking towards a giant Balrog, screaming in heavy Scottish accent: “You Sharrlll not Parrrrs!” He also turned down the role of Morpheus in The Matrix, which again was probably for the best as no one could take the words “Welcome to the deshert of the rrreal” without fits of giggling.
