9 Worst Movie Accents Of Sean Connery

9. You Only Live Twice

Though it's impossible to think of James Bond without thinking of Connery, technically Connery's Scottish accent was an odd fit for English secret agent 007 when he was cast in the first Bond film, 1962's Dr. No. Bond creator Ian Fleming fixed that by giving Bond Scottish heritage in his next Bond novel, 1963's On Her Majesty's Secret Service, in part to show approval of Connery's portrayal of his character. However, Connery's accent in the fifth Bond film, 1967's You Only Live Twice, returns to its questionable status during an odd (and in hindsight, cringe worthy) sequence in which Bond disguises himself as a Japanese person. The disguise €“ which is outlandishly terrible €“ includes prosthetic eyelids, a wig, and bushy eyebrows. Despite going through all that effort to look Japanese (though it really doesn't work), Bond doesn't actually attempt to sound Japanese when he speaks. As a result, Connery ended up portraying a vaguely Japanese-looking person with his normal speaking voice, which basically completely disregards the entire purpose of the "disguise." Ironically, Connery sat out the next Bond movie, which was an adaption of On Her Majesty's Secret Service, the novel that tied Bond to Scotland. The role was instead played by Australian George Lazenby, who played Bond with an English accent.