The lost world of screen star Sean Connery
IT IS fast becoming unrecognisable from the industrial heartland where he was brought up almost 80 years ago.
Which might explain why Sir Sean Connery admitted feeling "absolutely lost" on his return to Edinburgh's Fountainbridge area yesterday.
The James Bond star returned to unveil a new home for a plaque erected to mark his childhood home – and throw his weight behind plans for a national creative industries hub in the capital.
After being given a guided tour of the regenerated area where he grew up, he declared: "What a transformation."
The 79-year-old, who spent around half an hour posing for pictures and signing autographs at the former Scottish & Newcastle brewery site, was honoured with a plaque erected by the Scottish Film Council in 1997, to mark the Centenary of Cinema, despite the star's reported reluctance to be recognised while he was still alive.
Yesterday he said: "I'm looking forward to the whole thing being finished, when the rest of the brewery comes down."
His visit coincided with the unveiling of detailed plans for a Centre for the Moving Image (CMI), which is being billed as a cinematic nerve centre for entertainment and ideas.
Edinburgh is to be promoted as a international centre of excellence for filmmaking, broadcasting, animation, advertising and developing computer games.
Backers hope it will encourage film-makers to use Edinburgh as a major location, rear a new generation of talent, and help attract more production companies and other creative firms bodies to the city...
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