Posted on 07/03/2020 6:47:18 AM PDT by L.A.Justice
In 2004, Pierce Brosnan received a shocking phone call.
The James Bond actor, who was gearing up to do a fifth movie in the 007 franchise, was told by producers the role was being recast.
Initially, the star felt he had been “kicked to the curb.” But now, he has no hard feelings against the decision.
“There’s no regret,” the 67-year-old told The Guardian on Wednesday. “I do not let regret come into my world… It just leads to more misery and more regrets.”
Brosnan made his debut as the British Secret Service agent in 1995’s “GoldenEye.” He went on to star in 1997’s “Tomorrow Never Dies,” 1999’s “The World is Not Enough” and 2002’s “Die Another Day.”
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The Hunt For Red October.... Great book and movie.
All the good plotlines, all the good villians, all the good directors were long gone by the time he showed up. Bond films were formula affairs whose purpose was to showcase the latest BMW sports car models.
Change my mind
Saw it...Awesome
Brosnan got caught in the transition between Bond as a campy womanizer to Bond as an action hero. I liked both genres, but Bond of old would never make it in today’s #woke and #metoo age...
Bronson in Thomas Crown Affair...Sheer enjoyment...
I liked Roger Moore in the Saint TV show .
So did we.
Recently, one of our Brit tv cable providers ran a long series on Moore in the Saint show, and we enjoyed watching them.
“I think Dalton played Bond closest to Ian Fleming’s conception of the character, at least until David Craig came along.”
Agree completely. As a kid I read all of Ian Fleming’s Bond books. Fleming’s Bond was a sophisticated thug and despite his adventures with lovely and provocatively named women, he was still a thug when it came to doing his job as 007. Of all of them, I think Daniel Craig plays the Bond that Fleming had in his books. He’s really not a nice guy, he’s not very funny, and he’s always willing to kill for the Her Majesty’s Government. Just my $.02.
And Brosnan was great in Death Wish...
8~)
Yeah, WHO? lol.
Never liked Roger Moore. The rest were all good.
The VERY BEST Bond film was of course THE FIRST ONE!
He always had the worst hair of the Bond portrayers.
Also, Die Another Day was awful, IMO.
[[[Recently, one of our Brit tv cable providers ran a long series on Moore in the Saint show, and we enjoyed watching them.]]]
Also on TUBI, the whole series.
I had read that Moore would have come in earlier to do Bond films if he still wasn’t tied up with the Saint series. Especially “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service”. Connery had his fill after “You Only Live Twice” and they had to beg him to come back for “Diamonds are Forever”.
I think Moore actually owned the Saint series.
[[[Roger Moore’s 007 was over-the-top campy.]]]
He played it as “The Saint” that’s why.
I agree, although I did enjoy some of Moore's campiness. Craig is insufferable.
I liked Craig, after thinking I would not. Casino Royale was great on it’s own merit but especially b/c of the poker angle. What, Craig couldn’t manage a Royal flush for the win? Had to settle for a straight flush? lol
Craig was very little wisecracking, just bend the rules and kill ‘em.
I think Pierce Brosnan grew/matured into the role. Initially, I felt like he was just too cocky, too self-assured, just too smooth. Sure, those traits are part of the Bond persona, but so is the occasional bout of fear or confusion. The later Brosnan Bond films incorporated those “weaknesses”, and I liked him better for it. Maybe it was his last film that actually showed his character with a little grimness thrown in.
Get woke, go broke.
“The Hunt For Red October.... Great book and movie.”
Yes and yes.
And before I found out Alec Baldwin was such an insufferable prick.
I agree with you regarding Craig. He might be seen to be the “blunt instrument” Fleming writes about in the books, but he has very little of the sophistication and snobbery of Bond in the books.
Can’t imagine Craig fitting into Ian Fleming’s clubbable world. He might be the bouncer on the door, but not the man drinking cocktails and playing baccarat. Strangely - and for all the campiness of his films - Moore would seem to be the most comfortable fit for that environment.
Plus, Moore films are fun, which is more than I can say for the last Daniel Craig outing. Enough with the angst and navel gazing, Bond, just do your job for once!
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