
Did Sean wear a toupee?
#1
Posted 16 April 2007 - 01:42 AM
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Posted 16 April 2007 - 02:18 AM
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Posted 16 April 2007 - 02:24 AM
#5
Posted 16 April 2007 - 03:04 AM
Did he ever do any press for Bond without the rug on?
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Posted 16 April 2007 - 03:23 AM
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Posted 16 April 2007 - 03:34 AM
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Posted 16 April 2007 - 03:41 AM
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Posted 16 April 2007 - 03:46 AM
#10
Posted 16 April 2007 - 03:57 AM

That's my understanding of it.
#11
Posted 16 April 2007 - 05:11 AM
I'm pretty certain he didn't wear a wig in the first two films, or when he did the underwater stuff later on.
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#12
Posted 16 April 2007 - 11:31 AM
They were smaller in the beginning and became larger as he lost more hair.
There were different types as well - close up/love scene ones and action scene ones.
If you look at premiere and pre-filming photos on all of his Bond films - it's pretty obvious his hair does not look like it does in the films.
And to answer the other question - he did show up without a toupee to the YOLT pre-film press conference. That combined with the fact that he said he did not find Japanese women sexy (because they covered up in Kimonos) really got things off on the wrong foot.
#13
Posted 16 April 2007 - 01:56 PM

But that little notch he had in the front of his hair in real life, can still be seen in the early films.
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It seems far more likely to me that, at that time, they would have just bunged a bit of theatrical 'boot polish' on his head, to cover up any thin spots.
#14
Posted 16 April 2007 - 02:39 PM
Cubby Broccoli told one potential Bond candidate that Connery wore a hair piece in all his Bond films (and used ice packs later in his career to help hide the paunch).
Did Connery wear a toupee in every single scene? I doubt it.
But certain scenes for every Bond film did require one.
I've confirmed this info with John Cork - producer of the DVDs & author of various Bond books. Not that Cork saying it makes it automatically true - but he's talked to more people involved with the films than anyone else alive - and he has told me that Connery wore a piece in every Bond film.
#15
Posted 16 April 2007 - 07:11 PM
I've heard that Connery started thinning in his early 20s.
Cubby Broccoli told one potential Bond candidate that Connery wore a hair piece in all his Bond films (and used ice packs later in his career to help hide the paunch).
I believe that was Michael Gambon who was asked to audition for.. I think OHMSS. Maybe you already knew that.
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Posted 16 April 2007 - 10:02 PM
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Posted 17 April 2007 - 03:47 AM
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Posted 17 April 2007 - 11:40 AM
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#20
Posted 01 May 2007 - 10:35 PM
The first two films are the real thing.
If you look at it closely you will agree with me.
I'm pretty certain he didn't wear a wig in the first two films, or when he did the underwater stuff later on.
#21
Posted 02 May 2007 - 12:02 AM
Wow i thought he wore one in DAF but i never would have guessed the first EON Bond was bald the whole time!
In the "Inside From Russia With Love" documentary, there's an anecdote about how a helicopter with Terence Young, Michael White (assistant art director) and someone else rose and fell into the sea during filming. The camera shows a newspaper page of a picture of Young with Sean Connery looking on. Sir Sean isn't wearing his toupee. While he still has hair on the top of his head, it's pretty thin.
That was taken in 1963. Here's one from 1966 where Sean is doing a comb over:
http://members.aol.c...ig/uncle007.htm
#22
Posted 02 May 2007 - 12:10 AM
John Wayne wore them. James Stewart wore them. So I have no problem with the fact that Sean Connery wore them early and often.
#23
Posted 02 May 2007 - 12:15 AM
Just don't tell me Burt Reynolds or William Shanter ever wore one. My world would collapse.Also, re: hairpieces.
John Wayne wore them. James Stewart wore them. So I have no problem with the fact that Sean Connery wore them early and often.
#24
Posted 02 May 2007 - 01:17 AM
Sorry to correct you but, as has been stated already, he wore small pieces up front for Dr.No & FRWL.You are correct. He did not start wearing a toupe until Goldfinger.
The first two films are the real thing.
If you look at it closely you will agree with me.
#25
Posted 02 May 2007 - 07:27 PM