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Brosnan on His Predecessors
June 02, 2003
Brosnan comments on his predecessors and says he wouldn't mind sharing a drink with the original 007. Steven Woodbridge reports on the latest Bond press.
Pierce Brosnan has said that he would like to have a drink one day with the first Bond, Sean Connery. He has also stated that one of the scariest moments for him as 007 came in his third Bond movie, 'The World Is Not Enough', during a dangerous stunt with fire. These and other interesting snippets of information emerge in a 'Questions and Answers' session published in a magazine issued with a British newspaper on 31 May.
Readers of the 'Independent' newspaper in Britain were treated to the mini-interview with Brosnan in a special magazine supplement on 'The Ten Most Influential Action Films of All Time', put together by the newspaper in conjunction with the UK's 'Empire' film magazine.
In the Q and A session towards the back of the magazine, conducted by Ian Nathan, Brosnan was asked whether, after four 007 films, he was still quite protective of the role and the whole Bond ethos. Brosnan said: "I have great pride in having come this far with the role. I am proud of being part of this incredible legacy. When I look back, the last six years have gone so quickly; the speed of a flame".
In response to another question, on the distinct flavours to each Bond movie, Brosnan replied that "each director's sensibilities are completely different. For me, playing it, I'm just more confident with it. I know the road - you don't have to think about it so much, worry about it so much. And yet at the same time, you don't want to be lackadaisical with it - you want to still have an edge".
During the course of the interview, Pierce was asked about the scariest moment over the four films. He replied: "Fire is very dangerous. With water you have a little more time to think; flames just can eat you up quickly. I suppose from The World Is Not Enough, the fireball sequence in that: Bond jumps onto a chain and swings down a tunnel, and I said yes, I would do that. I walked down the tunnel that morning and if you looked to your left and your right, you could see fire engines and ambulances all the way down the whole studio". The dangerous stunt culminated in him having his back set on fire.
Brosnan was also quizzed on his thoughts on the previous Bond actors. He responded: "Connery, it's his presence. He was so powerful, had so much animal charisma... Connery did it for me. Roger did a grand job in his own way, George came and went... There are people who say he was the best James Bond - On Her Majesty's Secret Service was a great story, a pretty well-written piece. With Roger I think it was very daunting to be so close to Connery". Brosnan added: "I think Tim, likewise, he was very bold in his choices in playing true to what Fleming wrote, but it was too late the punters wanted a nod and a wink".
Further on in the interview, Pierce said that he had met Sean Connery once, but had met Roger more frequently: "I suppose someday there will come a time when I would like to sit down and have a jar with Sean. I can certainly understand some of his grievances - oh my God, when they got him they got him at a good price".
Asked the inevitable question about his future as Bond, Brosnan was his usual cautious and diplomatic self: "Connery did six - six would be a number and then never come back. It is like no other acting job that I do. People always want to build up the negative side, but there is no negative side to it. Only upsides to this whole experience of playing Bond".
Brosnan has often stated that 'Goldfinger' (1964) was a revelation to him when he first saw it in London as a young, impressionable teenager just over from Ireland. By coincidence, the Independent's magazine included the film in its list of Top Ten Action Films of All Time. As the magazine put it, Goldfinger was 'larger than life, faintly ridiculous', and 'completely cool', making it perhaps the quintessential James Bond movie. Little did the young Brosnan know that he would be continuing the unique series some thirty years later.
DVD Out June 3rd in U.S.
www.ianfleming.org/mt_content/000075.html
Brosnan on His Predecessors
June 02, 2003
Brosnan comments on his predecessors and says he wouldn't mind sharing a drink with the original 007. Steven Woodbridge reports on the latest Bond press.
Pierce Brosnan has said that he would like to have a drink one day with the first Bond, Sean Connery. He has also stated that one of the scariest moments for him as 007 came in his third Bond movie, 'The World Is Not Enough', during a dangerous stunt with fire. These and other interesting snippets of information emerge in a 'Questions and Answers' session published in a magazine issued with a British newspaper on 31 May.
Readers of the 'Independent' newspaper in Britain were treated to the mini-interview with Brosnan in a special magazine supplement on 'The Ten Most Influential Action Films of All Time', put together by the newspaper in conjunction with the UK's 'Empire' film magazine.
In the Q and A session towards the back of the magazine, conducted by Ian Nathan, Brosnan was asked whether, after four 007 films, he was still quite protective of the role and the whole Bond ethos. Brosnan said: "I have great pride in having come this far with the role. I am proud of being part of this incredible legacy. When I look back, the last six years have gone so quickly; the speed of a flame".
In response to another question, on the distinct flavours to each Bond movie, Brosnan replied that "each director's sensibilities are completely different. For me, playing it, I'm just more confident with it. I know the road - you don't have to think about it so much, worry about it so much. And yet at the same time, you don't want to be lackadaisical with it - you want to still have an edge".
During the course of the interview, Pierce was asked about the scariest moment over the four films. He replied: "Fire is very dangerous. With water you have a little more time to think; flames just can eat you up quickly. I suppose from The World Is Not Enough, the fireball sequence in that: Bond jumps onto a chain and swings down a tunnel, and I said yes, I would do that. I walked down the tunnel that morning and if you looked to your left and your right, you could see fire engines and ambulances all the way down the whole studio". The dangerous stunt culminated in him having his back set on fire.
Brosnan was also quizzed on his thoughts on the previous Bond actors. He responded: "Connery, it's his presence. He was so powerful, had so much animal charisma... Connery did it for me. Roger did a grand job in his own way, George came and went... There are people who say he was the best James Bond - On Her Majesty's Secret Service was a great story, a pretty well-written piece. With Roger I think it was very daunting to be so close to Connery". Brosnan added: "I think Tim, likewise, he was very bold in his choices in playing true to what Fleming wrote, but it was too late the punters wanted a nod and a wink".
Further on in the interview, Pierce said that he had met Sean Connery once, but had met Roger more frequently: "I suppose someday there will come a time when I would like to sit down and have a jar with Sean. I can certainly understand some of his grievances - oh my God, when they got him they got him at a good price".
Asked the inevitable question about his future as Bond, Brosnan was his usual cautious and diplomatic self: "Connery did six - six would be a number and then never come back. It is like no other acting job that I do. People always want to build up the negative side, but there is no negative side to it. Only upsides to this whole experience of playing Bond".
Brosnan has often stated that 'Goldfinger' (1964) was a revelation to him when he first saw it in London as a young, impressionable teenager just over from Ireland. By coincidence, the Independent's magazine included the film in its list of Top Ten Action Films of All Time. As the magazine put it, Goldfinger was 'larger than life, faintly ridiculous', and 'completely cool', making it perhaps the quintessential James Bond movie. Little did the young Brosnan know that he would be continuing the unique series some thirty years later.
DVD Out June 3rd in U.S.