Posted on 08/17/2005 10:56:03 AM PDT by Republican Red
NEW YORK - A single, surprising phone call and it was over. That's how Pierce Brosnan says he learned that his services as James Bond would no longer be required.
"One phone call, that's all it took!" the 52-year-old actor tells Entertainment Weekly magazine in its Aug. 19 issue.
Brosnan starred in four Bond films. He says that before they stopped negotiations, the producers had invited him back for a fifth time.
"You know, the movie career for me really started with Bond," says Brosnan, acknowledging that by the time "GoldenEye" premiered in 1995, he was already 42.
He then starred as 007 in "Tomorrow Never Dies" (1997), "The World Is Not Enough" (1999) and "Die Another Day" (2002).
His departure from the role was a "titanic jolt to the system," says Brosnan, followed by "a great sense of calm."
"I thought. ... I can do anything I want to do now. I'm not beholden to them or anyone. I'm not shackled by some contracted image. So there was a sense of liberation."
Brosnan says he's grateful to have had the role, but adds: "It never felt real to me. I never felt I had complete ownership over Bond. Because you'd have these stupid one-liners — which I loathed — and I always felt phony doing them."
He plays a foulmouthed, skirt-chasing hit man in the upcoming film "The Matador."
"(For this) to come on the heels of my departure from the world of Bond is sweet grace, to play this one as a farewell to that chapter in time — it certainly wasn't planned."
From what I understand about Britain these days that would not only be PC, but somewhat realistic.
LOL. Oops. Debonair.
I think they dropped that idea pretty quickly after "Catwoman."
Brosnan: Do you expect me to act?
Macamadamia (villain): Why no Mr. Brosnan, I expect you to...get lost.
Connery was The Best hands down. My all-time favorite line is from GOLDFINGER. Connery as Bond wakes up on an airplane to meet a stunning woman.
'Who are you' he asks.
'I'm Pussy Galore' Honor Blackman replies.
Bond:'I must be dreaming'!!!!
I hope you are right. I have a funny feeling, someone, somewhere will dust off that chestnut and make it.
I agree he was an excellent Bond and the movies he was in were very good, although the last one fell apart at the end.
Thought Lazenby was an Aussie. Saw some special where he talked about the months of diction classes he had to go through to lose his digger's accent.
Actually the look on Bond's face is better than the words.
I thought he replied, "Of course you are."
actually, half the cast ending up james bond. IIRC part of the story was to change every agents name to either 007 or james/ jimmy bond.
Actually, Lazenby was Australian.
So far, Bond has been played by Scot, Aussie, English, Welsh, and Irish.
Jessica, there's a thought....
But, then I'd be wrong.
[Ed McMahon] You are correct, sir. [/Ed McMahon]
The next Bond movie is Casino Royale and is due out next year.
Best site I know of for Bond news:
This site is pretty good and dispels a lot of the ridiculous Bond rumors that go around (like the next James Bond being a woman...jeesh...)
I know that Clive Owen is supposed to be the new Bond, but Christian Bale showed he could play a playboy in Batman Begins and American Psycho. But there is also something dangerous and intense about him. I don't see him as a pretty boy either.
It won't matter who plays Bond if the movie isn't better than Die Another Day. That was just awful.
"The scripts stopped even pretending to be plausible back in the early Moore days."
The scripts stopped being plausible with Dr. No.
ouch. my mistake. checked it out and you're right. i thought i read somewhere that he was english.
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