Within just a few films, she became the sexiest woman in the world. He had already played Agent 007, James Bond, four times. In January of 1968, Brigitte Bardot and Sean Connery, two superstars at the pinnacle of their careers, came together in the desert of Tabernas near Almeria in southern Spain to shoot Shalako, a Western directed by Edward Dmytryk. Despite the particularly prestigious cast, the film was a critical and commercial flop.