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Producers of James Bond flicks can now have Sir Sean Connery back on their sets if their pockets are big enough pay his professional fees.

The 76-year-old, who has been resting since 2003 after completing The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, is ready to play the suave secret agent’s father in the next 007 film.

He, however, insists that he will charge producers a good amount of money for working in the super-spy franchise.

"I am resting from acting. So you could say I'm retired. It would have to be something really considerable to bring me back. It would have to be an offer that you can't refuse. If there was a good part in a Bond film, I'd certainly look at it," Contactmusic quoted him as saying.

"I would never return as James Bond. If the part was well written, I could come back as Bond's father but it would cost them. It would definitely cost them," he added.

Connery says that the overuse of gadgets in Bond flicks and a disappointing salary were the reasons behind his severance from the famous series.

"I was getting disenchanted. Apart from the payment, which was puerile, they were bringing in a lot of science fiction stuff, like the poisonous shoe in From Russia With Love. They had all these gizmos, which today are commonplace, that I didn't mind, but when you get into the nuclear stuff...," he said.