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Tennis fancier, Scottish nationalist, actor, knight, and avatar of awesomeness Sir Thomas Sean Connery, also occasionally known as Bond, James Bond, is a man of passionate enthusiasms, particularly for all things Scottish.
Yesterday the octogenarian star crashed fellow Scot Andy Murray’s post-tennis press conference in the lead-up to the finals of the U.S. Open. “You smell of wine,” the nonplussed Murray told his illustrious fan. Watching Murray win the U.S. Open, he could not or would not contain his enthusiasm, becoming in the process something of a social media muse to tweeter and freelance video editor CJ Fogler.
In a half-dozen tweets and Twitpics, Fogler chronicles the emotional journey of Sir Sean throughout the match. “Seeing Sean Connery in oversized sunglasses means a little of me died inside #USOpen twitpic.com/at9yep” he tweeted. Well, everyone’s the fashion police nowadays. Later: “Pleased to see Sean Connery back on my TV, with a blanket to ward off the chill twitpic.com/atbkbr ”
But best of all, in a GIF that will go down in U.S. Open history, the Outer Hebrides met Jersey Shore, and the Internet rejoiced. That’s right: Andy Murray won, and Sean Connery let ‘er fly.
“Animated: Sean Connery. Fist Pump. #USOpen bit.ly/S4NS9u”
