No Time to Die director says Connery’s Bond was ‘basically’ a rapist
iconic 007 played by Sean Connery was “basically” a rapist.The NYU grad noted the questionable sex scenes in the classic 1960s’ movies and told The Hollywood Reporter how he would help update the famous British spy for the #MeToo era.“Is it Thunderball or Goldfinger where, like, basically Sean Connery’s character rapes a woman?” Fukunaga asked, referring to two of the six Bond movies that starred Connery, who died last October.“She’s like ‘No, no, no,’ and he’s like, ‘Yes, yes, yes,'” Fukunaga, 44, said.“That wouldn’t fly today,” he told the trade mag.Fukunaga — who recently moved back to Manhattan — appeared to be referring to 1965’s “Thunderball,” in which Connery’s Bond forcibly kisses a nurse who had spurned his advances, The Guardian