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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“Bond is the gift that keeps giving and has allowed me to have a wonderful career,” he explained. “Once you’re branded as a Bond, it’s with you forever, so you better make peace with it and you’d better understand that when you walk through those doors and pick up the mantle of playing James Bond.”
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I think he was OK as Agent 007...
Mr. Brosnan seems to have enjoyed his time playing Bond...
Sir Sean Connery...I have the impression that he did not have fond memories of playing Agent 007...Playing Bond made him very famous...But, I got the impression that he felt uncomfortable still being associated with 007 film franchise... Connery complained about being treated unfairly by Bond film producers...
It's nice to see that he didn't waste an opportunity to get his daily dose of virtue in.
Sean Connery is the only 007. The others were junk.
GoldenEye was a fun ride. The rest were garbage. The evil newsman was the worst. Too believable to be a Bond villain.
He can always do “Remington Steele, G.I.*”
*Geratric Investigator
He does well in his new shows portraying an older guy. No Hollywood these days anyway with the Wuhan sniffing at our doors.
It would have been interesting to have seen Timothy Dalton in one or two more outings as Bond. I recall reading somewhere that they were about ready to have him in For Your Eyes Only (1981), but he backed out (apparently at the last minute). And you can see that even though Roger Moore was good in that one, that there were parts of the movie that could perhaps have been that more better and real had Dalton been Bond.
Pierce Brosnan’s 007 suffered from poor scripts, as did Timothy Dalton’s 007. Until the Daniel Craig 007, the franchise never got past the campy nature of the Roger Moore era.
They are all such good people not an ounce of racism classism or condescension in their entire genetic profiles
Sean Connery is the only 007. The others were junk.
BOL! You sound like my wife, my sibling sister and 2 SILs of my wife.
He should demand the next 007 be black.
Sean Connery’s 007 was played moe or less seriously.
Roger Moore’s 007 was over-the-top campy.
Pierce Brosnan’s 007 split the difference between the two.
Daniel Graig’s 007 rebooted the character into a straight-up action hero.
Sean Connery was the best in my book, probably by virtue of being first. Daniel Graig is a very close second. Pierce Brosnan takes the final podium position.
Oops, forgot about Timothy Dalton. That says a lot about his 007...
Connery had so many other great pictures. Any time I see his name...I go for it...Never bad...no swearing...no necked scenes.
He looked the part but should have been a little more powerfully built. He also had some poor material to work with.
Ironically, I think Dalton played Bond closest to Ian Fleming's conception of the character, at least until David Craig came along. I would have liked to have seen a few more flicks with Dalton.
One of my favorite non-Bond Connery films is “The Hunt for Red October”. Great cast, and even Alec Baldwin does a good job on it (before he became a fat jerk...).
I liked Roger Moore in the Saint TV show .
Thought he was funny in the Maverick series.
I'm rooting for a black transgender dealing with trying to get sexual reassignment....
/sarcasm.
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