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[ChristopherZ22]

I was recently watching Dr. No and Thunderball, and I noticed something strange with Connery's right arm. There is some big gray mark on his right arm; it looks like he either had a tattoo removed or has a large birth mark.

In Thunderball, watch the scene where he finds the SPECTRE agent in his hotel room's shower. In Dr. No, watch the scene where Honey Ryder rubs water on his arm to keep mosquitoes off of it. You can see it best on a flat screen high definition television.

[jaguar007]

Connery has tats on each arm, what you are seeing is probably the make up covering them up.

[dinovelvet]

Yeah the make up team back then weren't counting on hi-def

By comparison, you can't spot Craig's ink.

[sthgilyadgnivileht]

Think the tattoo on one arm allegedly read 'Scotland Forever'

[FLEMINGFAN]

I was recently watching Dr. No and Thunderball, and I noticed something strange with Connery's right arm. There is some big gray mark on his right arm; it looks like he either had a tattoo removed or has a large birth mark.

In Thunderball, watch the scene where he finds the SPECTRE agent in his hotel room's shower. In Dr. No, watch the scene where Honey Ryder rubs water on his arm to keep mosquitoes off of it. You can see it best on a flat screen high definition television.

It's his tatoos that he got way back. One reads "Scotland Forever" and the other reads "Mum and Dad". In the early days, they did put some make-up on them in some scenes that would really show, or when his hair did not truly cover them.
Naturally, James Bond does not sport any tatoos.

[Vauxhall]

No particularly clear pictures but this website gives an indication of where Connery's tattoos are, and how they should tie up with the make-up in the movies.

[RazorBlade]

I was recently watching Dr. No and Thunderball, and I noticed something strange with Connery's right arm. There is some big gray mark on his right arm; it looks like he either had a tattoo removed or has a large birth mark.

In Thunderball, watch the scene where he finds the SPECTRE agent in his hotel room's shower. In Dr. No, watch the scene where Honey Ryder rubs water on his arm to keep mosquitoes off of it. You can see it best on a flat screen high definition television.

It's his tatoos that he got way back. One reads "Scotland Forever" and the other reads "Mum and Dad". In the early days, they did put some make-up on them in some scenes that would really show, or when his hair did not truly cover them.
Naturally, James Bond does not sport any tatoos.

Naturally.

[bondrules]

I was recently watching Dr. No and Thunderball, and I noticed something strange with Connery's right arm. There is some big gray mark on his right arm; it looks like he either had a tattoo removed or has a large birth mark.

In Thunderball, watch the scene where he finds the SPECTRE agent in his hotel room's shower. In Dr. No, watch the scene where Honey Ryder rubs water on his arm to keep mosquitoes off of it. You can see it best on a flat screen high definition television.

It's his tatoos that he got way back. One reads "Scotland Forever" and the other reads "Mum and Dad". In the early days, they did put some make-up on them in some scenes that would really show, or when his hair did not truly cover them.
Naturally, James Bond does not sport any tatoos.

Naturally.

I see that in one of those (pre-Bond) pics Sean was rocking the six pack. What happened after? Too many twinkies?

[Aris007]

I was recently watching Dr. No and Thunderball, and I noticed something strange with Connery's right arm. There is some big gray mark on his right arm; it looks like he either had a tattoo removed or has a large birth mark.

In Thunderball, watch the scene where he finds the SPECTRE agent in his hotel room's shower. In Dr. No, watch the scene where Honey Ryder rubs water on his arm to keep mosquitoes off of it. You can see it best on a flat screen high definition television.

It's his tatoos that he got way back. One reads "Scotland Forever" and the other reads "Mum and Dad". In the early days, they did put some make-up on them in some scenes that would really show, or when his hair did not truly cover them.
Naturally, James Bond does not sport any tatoos.

Naturally.

I see that in one of those (pre-Bond) pics Sean was rocking the six pack. What happened after? Too many twinkies?

Well Connery used to be a body-builder. I guess he quitted after he took the Bond role!

[dutch_pepper]

Yeah the make up team back then weren't counting on hi-def

By comparison, you can't spot Craig's ink.

I didnt know Daniel Craig had any tattoo-s, but i searched the internet and found out he has actually three(!) of them. One on his right arm, one on the inside of his right ankle and one around the hip.

[Gothamite]

I'm almost 90% sure that in the Fatima Blush love scene in NSNA, Connery's right-arm tattoo is clearly visible (even in the barebones DVD version I have). I didn't mind this at all, in fact I welcomed it. Connery's Bond is a rough, tough sailor; even if he is cultured and refined, why wouldn't he have tattoos?

[Royal Dalton]

By comparison, you can't spot Craig's ink.

Yeah, you can. One of them's a bit visible in the scene where he's smooching on the beach with Eva Green.

[jwheels]

You can also see it in NSNA, when he sticks his head up out of the hatch on Largo's yacht.

[Shaun Forever]

Think the tattoo on one arm allegedly read 'Shaun Forever'