5. Sean Connery - Zardoz (1974)
It's the costume. Regardless as to whether or not John Boorman's sci-fi fantasy movie
Zardoz is actually any good, it's the costume that makes Sean Connery look like he's gone absolutely crazy here. The movie itself is actually terrible, which doesn't help, but what did the actor say when he turned up for a costume fitting and found himself staring into
that? This movie predates
Borat by a good few years, but had it existed, he'd have probably referenced it. So here's a flick that had Connery playing a character called Zed, who finds himself caught up - wearing that costume - in one of the most confusing sci-fi movie premises ever. If you don't believe me, try and read the plot synopsis without giving up. The gist is that a giant head thing is controlling people, though, and likes to dispense information like "the penis is evil." Seriously. At this point, of course, audiences were used to seeing Connery looking dapper as heck in Bond-inclined tuxedos. There's no denying that
Zardoz shows a man whose brain has long left his body.