James Bond filmography that Connery "looks weary and bored ... he is overweight, slow-moving, and doesn't seem to be trying to create a credible character". Despite that, Benson considers that Connery "still radiates more screen presence than Roger Moore or George Lazenby". On the other hand, Pauline Kael said "Connery's James Bond is less lecherous than before and less foppish—and he's better this way". In the early 1980s producer Jack Schwartzman moved ahead with a non-Eon Bond film, following the controversy over the 1961 novel "Thunderball" and the subsequent long legal battle; the result was "Never Say Never Again". Connery accepted an offer
Neil Connery Neil Connery Neil Niren Connery (born 1 January 1938) is a retired Scottish actor and the younger brother of actor Sir Sean Connery. Neil Niren Connery was born in Edinburgh, Scotland on 1 January 1936. The Connery family is of Irish origin. His father Joseph Connery was a lorry driver and his mother Euphemia McBain a cleaning woman. Neil had a modest upbringing in a poor area of Edinburgh. Throughout his acting career, Neil has appeared in several films. Neil Connery's film debut was in "O.K. Connery" (1967), a James Bond-inspired film. The film was retitled "Operation Kid Brother" in