Ron Perlman Reflects on Spitting in Sean Connery’s Face
Perlman said Connery urged him to do the scene repeatedly, and the shot was filmed from multiple angles, requiring 16 takes.
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The Independent (US)Hollywood star says he spat in Sean Connery’s face 16 times
Actor went to extreme lengths for film at James Bond actor’s insistence
When shooting the classic film »The Name of the Rose«, Ron Perlman met his hero Sean Connery – and hesitated to rot in his face. This apparently changed after an announcement by the acting legend.
Actor Ron Perlman has revealed that he had to spit in the face of his 'hero' Sean Connery 16 times during the filming of the 1986 classic 'The Name of the Rose'.
The 1986 film "The Name of the Rose" remains one of the most characteristic cinematic adaptations of a literary work of the 1980s. Jean-Jacques Hanau's film, based on the novel of the same name by...More...
‘I spat in Sean Connery’s face 16 times’: Ron Perlman on making The Name of the Rose
‘When I couldn’t do the spitting scene, Sean took me aside and said: “Ron, if you don’t actually spit in my face, we’ll be here all day.” So I let one fly – and kept having to redo it’ I read an article about a curious book that had great reviews in Italy, a murder…
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