What was Sean Connery thinking?
No, it wasn't the money.
What was Sean thinking?
You can kind of see the logic.
In retrospect Sean Connery was the first of a new kind of masculine icon. Bodybuilders turned actors (Connery placed 3rd in Mr Universe) who expressed an ever more exaggerated masculinity.
So Sean Connery starring in Zardoz isn't all that different from Jason Momoa starring in Aquaman.
Except there's a …
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