I don’t think he’ he’d be a good Gandalf anyways
nothing against him, but what we got was perfect.
It’s hard for me to imagine anyone else in any of the roles. They are all such perfect fits.
Gollum should’ve been played by Nicolas Cage. With no VFX or makeup.
Also Willem Dafoe with a bald cap could pull it off.
SC would have been awful as Gandalf to be honest
Could’ve been worse. Could’ve been Steven Segal.
We musht go through the minesh of Moria.
I heard this story, not sure if it’s true, but I choose to believe it and will not hear any corrections; apparently, he was approached about Gandalf, but he turned it down because he didn’t really understand it. Then he was approached about Dumbledore, but turned it down because he didn’t really understand it. After seeing how those two franchises turned out, he said, “screw it, I’m taking the next role that I don’t get.” That role was Alan Quartermaine in League of Extraordinary Gentleman. After that movie bombed he retired from acting altogether.
I’d also argue that however the movie did after the fact, turning down roles you don’t understand is probably the smarter option. Maybe those other movies would have also flopped if they had Connery in those roles.
Like I can’t picture him doing a good Gandalf. It wouldn’t be Gandalf, it would be Sean Connery in a wizard outfit. I can’t think of any roles where Connery played someone who wasn’t Sean Connery. He brought a lot of charisma to his roles but not a ton of range.
Jesus can you actually imagine if LOTR had Sean Connery instead of Ian McKellen? Hideous prospect. No shade to Connery, he’s played some of my favourite characters over the years, but christ that would have been a terrible mistake.
Idk he could land “Run, you foolsh!” pretty well.
“You shall not pash!”
“Is it shecret? Is it shafe?”
“When did Sharuman the wishe replace hish wishdom with madnessh?”
You could play this game all day long
