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Anyone notice Mac was almost 3 x older than Gin?

posted 13 years ago by Spixe
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I'm not a squeamish man, I can handle just about anything, for some strange reason, seeing this gorgeous 30 year old woman kiss a 82 year old guy (that was there ages when they filed this) no matter how well he aged just seemed way a bit far fetched for me. Alas, not really the point, Connery fans are definitly going to disagree, or others will think I'm too old-fashioned or something. Anyway, just curious if anyone noticed that Connery is almost 3 times Jones' age - hell, he could have literally been her great grandfather.

[–] 13 years ago

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[–] Spixe 13 years ago

Ah, right, that's my mistake. I must have figured Catherine's age with 1999 and Sean's as... well hell, I'm not sure how I got that number actually. Oh well, 2.3 x then. :)

[–] Marlburian 11 years ago

Hollywood has a long tradition of matching attractive young ladies with men old enough to be their (grand)fathers - such as Grace Kelly and Gary Cooper in High Noon, and Randolph Scott in several of his later movies.

I know an unremarkable-looking guy who's 68 who's often kissed enthusiastically by women in their twenties and thirties.

[–] GaLoS-87 9 years ago

She did marry a man 25 years older than herself, so it's not like Hollywood is that far from the norm.

Life is what happens to you while your busy making other plans....

[–] chilone 11 years ago

He's James Bond for goodness sake!!

I don't love her.. She kicked me in the face!!

[–] spookyrat1 11 years ago

The main reason I like the film is the undoubted chemistry onscreen they do have together, differing ages notwithstanding. Hell, To Catch A Thief is one of my favourites and there was a somewhat similar age difference there.

[–] Film_Guy76 9 years ago

Nothing gets by you eh?

[–] Wuchak (8836) 6 years ago

A few things:

Connery was 68 when "Entrapment" was shot, not 82. Exaggerate much?

His character, Mac, was 60 in the movie.

Men are naturally attracted to younger women and Catherine Zeta-Jones was a full-fledged whoa-man at the time, about 30 years-old, not a freakin' teenager. Mac (Connery) may have been aged, but he was intelligent, witty, virile and very much young at heart. No wonder Gin (Zeta-Jones) was attracted to him.

Lastly, being attracted to someone isn't the same as wanting to marry them or even have sex with them. You can be naturally attracted to someone, but dismiss any further entanglement for numerous reasons -- you're married, s/he is too young, s/he is too old, you prefer being single, etc.