Michael Bay was scared directing Sean Connery on The Rock, but looks back fondly on the experience. 'He was a tough love guy, but he liked me. I learned so much from that guy. And he really, really taught me a lot.'
Action director Michael Bay admits that he was afraid to direct Sean Connery in his hit film The Rock. Released back in 1996, The Rock was, in fact, only the second action film released by now legendary action director Bay. The film tells the story of a chemist and an ex-con who must lead a counterstrike against a group of military men who are threatening a nerve gas attack against San Francisco from Alcatraz.
Over his career, Bay has worked with many top tier actors. In the last 27 years, Bay has worked with the likes of Will Smith, Shia LaBeouf, Frances McDormand, John Malkovich, Jake Gyllenhaal, Bruce Willis and Ryan Reynolds to name a few.
"Okay, let me explain the very first day working with Sean Connery. I'm still a kid. Sean's done 75 movies. I've done, this was my second. We're doing the interrogation scene, with his long gray hair and the beard. I was so scared to give him his first direction. So we do one take. All right, let's do it again. Do a second take. I'm like, oh my God, I got to give him some direction right now.
It is, of course, very understandable why a young director such as Bay at the time would have a hard time telling a Hollywood great like Connery how to act. However, Bay has since stated that he learned a lot from Connery, and it is very possible that Connery saw in Bay the potential for what he would become. As Bay himself stated, Connery liking a director was rare, but he certainly wasn't wrong about Bay, given his massive career that has come since.
It's very clear that Bay has never forgotten the experience either. Bay has stated that he was very saddened to hear about Connery's passing, and has admitted that he snuck a line from The Rock into his latest film Ambulance out of respect. It certainly speaks a lot about an actor if after a career as long as Bay's, the director still remembers so clearly their relationship on set.
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