CONNERY FUELS RETIREMENT RUMOURS

Last updated: Monday, March 13, 2006

CONNERY FUELS RETIREMENT RUMOURS

Scottish screen star SIR SEAN CONNERY has fuelled speculation he has given up acting by revealing it would take a ''monumental'' offer to lure him back on set.

The 75-year-old JAMES BOND actor is currently convalescing in the Bahamas after undergoing surgery to remove a tumour from his kidney in January (06).

And friends of the star expect he will delve into his second passion - politics - when he returns to full health.

Connery is a long-time supporter of the Scottish National Party and has even agreed to voice a new party political broadcast for them.

Party leader ALEX SALMOND said, "He's raring to go. He has got an extraordinary fighting spirit."

Last year (05) Connery turned down a $17 million (GBP10 million) offer to play a bank robber in action movie JOSIAH'S CANON.

SEAN CONNERY at the EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS 2005 held at the Arena Berlin, Germany - 03.12.05

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| Monday, March 13, 2006

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