# The General Oddities Thread
**URL:** https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/the-general-oddities-thread/3875
**Category:** General Movie Discussion
**Created:** [October 5, 2026, 6:03pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/the-general-oddities-thread/3875 "2026-10-05T18:03:11Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author:  [@Dustin](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/Dustin)
#### Post date: [October 5, 2026, 6:03pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/the-general-oddities-thread/3875/1 "2026-10-05T18:03:12Z")
This is not a confession, nor is it ‘news’ as such, more a piece of cineaste hilarity - with a very minor Bond angle through Connery - that I’d like to share here. We haven’t got a thread dedicated to such stuff, so that’s now fixed. Feel free to add your own oddities…
> **[‘I spat in Sean Connery’s face 16 times’: Ron Perlman on making The Name of...](https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/oct/05/sean-connery-ron-perlman-the-name-of-the-rose?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other)**
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> ‘When I couldn’t do the spitting scene, Sean took me aside and said: “Ron, if you don’t actually spit in my face, we’ll be here all day.” So I let one fly – and kept having to redo it’
> A big piece of timber fell on Feodor. ‘I’m 80 years old,’ he said, ‘I don’t mind dying. Was the take good?
Genius.
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### Author:  [@stromberg](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/u/stromberg)
#### Post date: [October 5, 2026, 6:08pm UTC](https://quarterdeck.commanderbond.net/t/the-general-oddities-thread/3875/2 "2026-10-05T18:08:17Z")
Beat me to it 😏