How Dr. No director Terence Young transformed an obscure Scottish actor into Hollywood’s most famous spy.
Ian Fleming may have inventedJames BondwhileSean Connerydefined the character in the eyes of ’60s cinemagoers.
He brought that flair."
Terence Young and Sean Connery.Credit: Keystone Features/Hulton Archive/Getty Images; Hulton Archive/Getty Images
Young was born in 1915 in Shanghai, China, and studied history at Cambridge University.
And four years later, we came up withDr.
Dr. Nowas produced by Harry Saltzman and Albert R. Broccoli.
Sean Connery and Terence Young on the set of ‘Thunderball.'.Danjaq/Eon/Ua/Kobal/Shutterstock
“I think he was the greatest influence.
Terence had really identified very much with being thegrand seignior.
He took me on the trip to get our clothes and everything and it was an eye-opener.
Equally, we shared a similar sense of humor.”
“Whatever he got, he spend it, spend it, spend it.
He was a bon vivant.
We had champagne all the time.
I still have a shirt of his.
Dr. Nowas made for just over $1 million and grossed 16 that times around the world.
Young swiftly went into production on the second Bond adventure, 1963’sFrom Russia with Love.
They were doing theseevery yearand doing them better than virtually any franchise in film history.”
“It’s absolutely his legacy,” says Mark A. Altman.
“There are a lot of people who deserve a lot of credit for having made the Bond franchise.
But you might’t underestimate Terence Young.”
