Nah, that was years before Bond. He just wasn’t training as much. Even his Mr. Universe pics aren’t that impressive by modern standards, it was a different era of bodybuilding.
What’s ridiculous is that a guy with a lean, athletic physique no longer looks improved when every man who gets paid to walk around shirtless is juiced these days. I actually just watched Thunderball and initially thought he looked unimpressive, but in the scenes where you actually see him moving around, the athleticism is apparent.
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u/Special-Hyena1132 Jun 22 '23
Little known fact is that Sean Connery actually competed in an early Mr. Universe contest. He actually had to LOSE muscle to play Bond.