The James Bond franchise made Sean Connery a household name and earned him millions of pounds in the process. But great fame doesn't always bring great happiness, with the Bond movies proving to be a poison chalice for Connery - who turns 90 today. "I have always hated that damned James Bond," the Scottish-born actor famously once raged. "I'd like to kill him." But what went so wrong to turn the gig of a lifetime into a job that would spark a 30-year feud between Connery and makers of the film?
From fights with his bosses to battles over pay and deep-rooted privacy fears, Connery's relationship with the franchise was a love-hate one.
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