But following his departure from the series, each new actor who was chosen to wear the famous tux prompted yet more controversy. Of course, Connery would be cast anyway, and define the character of James Bond for an entire generation. As recounted in Matthew Field and Ajay Chowdhury's 2015 book, 'Some Kind of Hero: The Remarkable Story of the James Bond Films,' when Broccoli and Saltzman sent Connery's tape to the United Artists execs in New York, the response came back: 'NO, KEEP TRYING.' But before he was offered the part, he would have to screen test, which he ultimately agreed to do despite pushing back initially. No,' they all had a sense that Sean Connery was the man for the job. When writer Ian Fleming and producers Albert Broccoli and Harry Saltzman were casting 007 for 'Dr.
