9 Actors Who Begged For Their Movie Characters To Die

9. Sean Connery - James Bond

Why He Wanted To Die

You'd think Sean Connery would be thankful for James Bond, since it sent his star profile rocketing towards the sky, but the man who notoriously turned down Gandalf wasn't a fan.

By the time he was approaching the end of his run, Connery flat out hated the character and hated playing him and demanded that he should be killed off permanently so he didn't ever have to endure hearing about or seeing him on screen ever again. Regardless of who played him.

How It Happened

Clearly, it didn't. Bond lived on and Connery even returned to play him after initially leaving, on the provision that two of his pet projects were greenlit and his pay was significantly improved.