I recently saw an interview with the producers or whatever they were, of the Bond movies. It was an old interview but was included on a new DVD set.
They said they saw Connery in “Darby O’Gill” and agreed he would be a good Bond.
Yep. I think it was Cubby Broccoli’s wife who saw the film and she responded very positively to Connery and thought he should audition for the Bond role. The rest, as they say, is motion picture history.