Jean-Jacques Annaud: "Sean Connery was a Rolls, nothing was easier than to direct him"

INTERVIEW

Sean Connery was not just an unforgettable James Bond.

The legendary Scottish actor, who died on Saturday at the age of 90, also made an impression for his role in The Name of the Rose.

Jean-Jacques Annaud, the director of this cult film, paid a moving tribute to Sean Connery on Saturday evening on Europe 1. "It was a Rolls, nothing was easier than to direct it. It's such a mechanical precise and so well. He had a disturbing voice and an extraordinary class, "recalled the filmmaker.

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"He was extraordinary"

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, Sean Connery plays monk William of Baskerville, who is investigating murders at an abbey in the 14th century.

However, he had to convince Jean-Jacques Annaud to entrust him with the main role for the adaptation of this eponymous novel by Umberto Eco.

"He opened the door, I said to myself 'but what is it beautiful'. He had the script under his arm and he said to me: 'listen boy'", a told the director, who immediately fell in love.

"I had goosebumps because he was saying it with so much beauty, grace and talent that I asked him to stop reading. I ran upstairs to see my German producer and I told him we had him (the lead performer), that he was amazing. "