By the late 1970s, McClory decided to exercise that right. Simultaneously, Sean Connery—who had famously sworn he would “never again” play James Bond after the exhausting shoot of You Only Live Twice (1967) and the disastrous The Shaws of Kilbride fiasco—was offered a king’s ransom. The offer was a staggering $5 million (over $15 million today) plus a percentage of the gross, making him the highest-paid actor in Hollywood at the time.
exists because one man sued Ian Fleming, another writer stole a script, and a Scottish former milkman decided that “never” was just a suggestion. It is the film that shouldn’t exist, starring the man who said he wouldn’t return, fighting a villain from a book he didn’t originally write. Never Say Never Again -James Bond 007-
: Found on eBay starting around $74.50 (used). By the late 1970s, McClory decided to exercise that right