Former Rangers captain Lorenzo Amoruso has revealed Sean Connery urged him to quit football to become an actor.
The original 007 was a friend of former Ibrox chief David Murray and would regularly appear in the dressing room before matches.
Connery was seemingly taken aback by Amoruso's style and physique, proposing a rather drastic career change to the Italian centre-back.
The 48-year-old, speaking on Instagram Live, admitted he politely dismissed the legendary actor's offer.
Amoruso said: “He is a big fan of the Rangers and often came to visit us in the changing rooms because he was a friend of David Murray.
"At the time I had a long hair, a moustache, I was trendy and once he told me if I had ever thought of being an actor, since I also had the physique and I knew English.
"My answer was 'No Sean, I like playing football too much' ”.
Amoruso was, however, back on primetime screens this weekend.
The defender featured on BBC's Scotland's re-run of the famous 2002 Scottish Cup Final, broadcast on Sunday night.
