The "disgusting" Oscar-winning role Sean Connery turned down
faroutmagazine.co.uk
Sean Connery was asked if he'd be interested in playing a character that ultimately one an Oscar, but he was utterly abhorred by the offer.
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Original Title: TIL of the various roles Sean Connery turned down, they included Hannibal Lecter in Silence of the Lambs, John Hammond in Jurassic Park, Morpheus in The Matrix, Dumbledore in Harry Potter, and Gandalf in Lord of the Rings. Of the Hannibal part in particular, Connery felt it was too “disgusting.”