Sir Sean Connery lobbied heavily for the part of William of Baskerville, having his agent contact director Jean-Jacques Annaud every two months. However, Annaud was initially not keen on casting Connory, because he associated him too much with his James Bond character. Numerous other actors were considered, including: Sir Michael Caine, Albert Finney, Richard Harris, Sir Ian McKellen, Roy Scheider, Jack Nicholson, Paul Newman, Marlon Brando, Robert De Niro, Donald Sutherland, Max von Sydow, Yves Montand, Vittorio Gassman, and Frederic Forrest. Annaud couldn't find the actor he wanted among them, but he was quickly won over when Connery read for the part: "What I was hearing was what I had heard inside me for almost two years. I stopped him on page 3".

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