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Depending on when certain audience members were born, there will only be one James Bond, and for those who were around for 007\u2019s first arrival on the screen with 1962\u2019s Dr. No, Mr. Bond will always be associated with Sean Connery<\/a>, the man who played the famous double agent on seven occasions, including From Russia with Love, Goldfinger and Thunderball.<\/p>\n But with Connery being the first ever Bond, he\u2019s been well placed to evaluate those who came after him. Following his effort in\u00a0You Only Live Twice, George Lazenby made a solitary appearance in\u00a0On Her Majesty\u2019s Secret Service\u00a0before Connery returned again with\u00a0Diamonds Are Forever.<\/p>\n Connery\u2019s role as Bond defined his entire career and, arguably, helped to define the generation that grew up watching him. Bond is a character who has sustained throughout the decades partly because of Connery\u2019s portrayal. He was imposing, charming, brutish and violent; he commanded respect and delivered his lines with a smirking presence. <\/p>\n His first film opened up the gates of the world to James Bond, but as he curtain came down on his career as Her Majesty\u2019s Secret Weapon, he had to pass the baton on to another actor. <\/p>\n At that point, the Scottish actor handed over the reins to Roger Moore, who\u2019d star in seven feature films between 1973 and 1985, including his first, Live and Let Die, plus The Man with the Golden Gun and Moonraker. Connery once spoke of the difference in his portrayal of Bond compared to Moore\u2019s, pointing out their varying approaches.<\/p>\n \u201cI played Bond with the reality, credibility, and hopefully still encompassing stance and effect and what have you, and out of it some indigenous humour,\u201d Connery said<\/a>. \u201cAnd anything that happens is possible. I feel that Roger \u2013 which I think he may have inherited in part from after\u00a0Diamonds Are Forever,\u00a0where they were already getting into that area of too much hardware \u2013 that that was more important.\u201d<\/p>\n Connery struggled giving away the role, and clearly did not enjoy Moore\u2019s performances, and how much they had diverged from the Bond he had created. \u201cHis is a sort of parody of the character, as it were, so you would go for the laugh or the humour at whatever the cost of the credibility or the reality,\u201d Connery continued to note of Moore\u2019s efforts. \u201cI think that\u2019s basically the difference. I think he took another direction with it that way and acquired an entirely different audience.\u201d<\/p>\n Clearly, there is a sense in Connery that he\u2019s the proper Bond, the one who played the iconic secret spy with a seriousness that seemed to depart once he handed the baton over to Moore<\/a>. There\u2019s always been a sense of tongue-in-cheek humour to 007, but Connery felt that it became over-amplified when Moore donned the suit and loaded his pistol.<\/p>\n