肖恩·康纳利名人传记英语阅读肖恩·康纳利名人传记英语阅读HOWTOACT007—SEANCONNERY“MynameisBond—JamesBond,”SeanConneryinformedtheworld’smovie-goersin1962.InsevenBondfilmsoveraspanof21years,thetall,darkScotcometoembodythesuavesecretagentwhosecodenamewasknownaroundtheglobe:007.Butitdidn’tgoverysmoothtobeasuccessfulstar.TheexceptionwasRobertHenderson,a47-year-oldYankwhowasdirectingSouthPacific.Oneday,Hendersonhadalongtalkwiththemusclemanwhosedeterminationseemedirrepressible.ConnerytoldHendersonhehopedtobecomeaprofessionalsoccerplayer.“Welllook,”saidHenderson.“Withsoccer,at28or30.it’sallover.Thenwhatdoyoudo?Wouldn’tyouratherbeanactor?”“How?”askedConnery,“Ileftschoolat13.”Hendersonnodded.“You’vepracticallynoeducation.Butyouhaveanimaginationandamind.Iwillgiveyoualistoftenbooksthatyoushouldread.”The“ten”booksthatHendersonhadmentionedweremorelike200.includingthecompleteworksofShakespeare,ThomasWolfeandOscarWilde.ButConnerytackledthem—everyday,applyingalltheenergyandtenacityhegotfromhisparents.Hewouldgotothelibraryinthemorningandstaytillcurtaintime.Lateatnight,hewouldsitupwithhistaperecorder,hearingavoicethatcertainlywasn’tPolishandwassoundingalittlelessScottish.Acting,hedecidedafterayearofthis,wasgoingtobehiscareer.Andforhisnewlife,Conneryhadchosenanewfirstname.In1957,theBBCproducedRodSerling’splayRequiemforaheavyweight.Thedown-and-outprize-fighter,MountainMcClintock,wasplayedbyayoungactorwhohadboxedintheRoyalNavy.Hisname—SeanConnery.Thesameyear,ConnerywascastinaproductionofAnnaChristie.ThetitlerolewasplayedbyashblondDianeCelento.ShewastobecomeConnery’swifeafewyearslater.BythenConneryhadappearedinfiveforgettablefilms—butinoneofthem,hecaughttheeyeofWaltDisney,whobroughthimtotheUnitedStatesin1958.DisneycasthimasMichaelMcBride,theloveinterestinastoryaboutleprechaunscalledDarbyO’GilandtheLittlePeople.Inthefilm’sclimax,McBridehasarousingfistfightwiththevillagebully.AmongthosewhotooknoteofConnery’sscreenpresenceinDarbywasproducerHarrySaltzmanwho,withco-producerAlbertR.“Cubby”Rroccoli,wascastingafilmoftheirow