‘I spat in Sean Connery’s face 16 times’: Ron Perlman on making The Name of the Rose | Film | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/oct/05/sean-connery-ron-perlman-the-name-of-the-rose
> ‘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’