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2:06 pm PDT 10/31/2020
by
Seth Abramovitch
The Oscar winner, who died Saturday at age 90, made a personal call to a Mamet relative who had been through difficult times.
Sean Connery, who died Saturday at age 90, was nominated only once for an Oscar and won.
It was for his work in 1987 The Untouchables, in which he played Jimmy Malone, a veteran Irish-American cop who teams up with federal agent Eliot Ness (Kevin Costner) to put Al Capone (Robert De Niro) behind bars.
Malone’s most famous Untouchable The monologue, and possibly the most memorable line in the film, involves a scene in which he advises Ness: “Do you want to know how to catch Capone? They draw a knife, you draw a gun. He sends one of yours to the hospital, send one of yours to the morgue. That’s Chicago-style. “
The author of those words, Untouchable screenwriter David Mamet, shared two stories about Connery with The Hollywood Reporter.
The first is a reminder of Connery’s dry and unassuming wit.
“I met Sean [for the first time] on set, “says Mamet.” Me: “I’m very happy to meet you.” Sean: ‘I never made a dollar off James Bond.’
The second story involves a kind gesture from Connery who stayed with Mamet forever.
“During post-production [Sean] I was in Mallorca, and we made an appointment to talk on the phone, “he remembers.” Before our scheduled call my cousin called. She was in Ohio with a failed marriage, a husband who had just lost his job and, without a doubt, the children who cared for her were sick. “
“In any case,” he continues, “she was beyond despair. I told her I would have to hang up the phone because I was expecting a call from Sean Connery, and that I would call her after the business call.”
“‘Give him my love,'” the cousin implored. “‘Please, I adore him. Tell him first.'”
“Then Sean called. I said, ‘My cousin adores you.’ He asked about her, I sighed and told him the story of her problems.
“What’s your number?” Was Connery’s reply.
“I gave it to her, she hung up, called her in Ohio and chatted for half an hour. Rest in peace,” Mamet says.
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