LXG Stars On Connery & Director Tensions


Peta Wilson and Shane West, stars of the upcoming League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, spoke with SciFi-Wire about the rumored tensions between lead Sean Connery and director Stephen Norrington.

"Oh, that was very funny," she said. "That was nothing. They weren't ready to come to blows. It was never that. It was 5 o'clock in the morning. We'd been shooting 18 hours. [There was] a lot of pressure to get the film done. Floods were coming. Sean Connery's a little tired. Stephen's trying to make things safe. ... It's something like that that the press has blown up."

Wilson described the dynamic between Norrington and Connery as having "moments of—how should I say?—not tension. Passion. Passionate spirits." She added that Connery's involvement in the film was one of the production's big selling points for her. But she had even higher praise for the film's director. "I think he's a genius," she said. "I think he's wonderful." As for reports that Norrington was difficult, she said, "You know, let's give the guy a go. Let's see his film. He's a vegan. Sean Connery's a meat-eater. There you go: There's the difference." League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, which is based on Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill's graphic novel, opens July 11.

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