Yep, you sure are right about British tabloids and especially Contact Music's misleading headlines... But I love your headline "Brosnan threatened to kill son" ;D ;D Won't be too surprise when I do see that.
I still think that Sean is a cool kid. He's strong, mature and responsible having been brought up the way he was. There's no doubt that he loves his father very much.
actually its been said before by 'other' sources that keely is very bossy, thats just the way she is. and too be honest even when she's in interviews she SEEMS bossy i dont really get a good vibe from her. but i guess thats just a personality thing
Pierce has admitted himself that he can have a bit of a temper...but many men do! i think its called testosterone lol
sean seems to be really nice and dealing with things really well. a lot of teenage boys get all rebellious during those years so i cant blame him for being a bit difficult then,,, hormones, fame, loss of his mum.....lots of factors
"Other sources" always have a lot to say, usually not very good, which is why they rarely use their names. And some seem to have the same problem with a man moving on and finding love again than a confused child/teenager had. As soon as Keely became the new woman in Pierce's life and showed she was there to stay the knives were out for her. Of course bossy/controlling allegations were hurled at Cassandra as well, they often are for strong women. I think she's dealt with it all with an immense grace. Sean also says in the same interview, that they love each other, she's good for his father and he likes her.
Most boys are not expelled repeatedly from school so it was a little more than usual teenage rebellion. He admits it himself. Yes he went though a lot as a child that tragically couldn't have been avoided by the most loving of parents. He admits he gave his father a hard time because of his grief and his inability to deal with sharing his father whether it be with another woman or with his fame. When he woke in that hospital bed he felt bad not for the pain he was in but for the obvious pain he'd put his father through. I respect him a lot for admitting it and changing and growing up, but that doesn't mean he was a day in the park for a parent or a step-parent.
lol yeah you could be right...lots of factors and all that...but i suppose i'm not her biggest fan i'm liking sean though, never heard of him before till now I love your site by the way. 1st time i've visited, loved it ;D
Post by londonstreet on Aug 14, 2006 3:21:58 GMT -5
Yes it's Leeds, Kirkstall Abbey.
I thought the same of Ace in reading that Keely is said to be bossy. Both Cassie and Keely are strong women and Pierce said he prefers women that way, so it's an usual thing that tabloids trasform a strong person in a bossy one. I love this interview of Sean and I really like him, of course he had a difficult time in growing up. But I think accepting a step-father is difficult most of the times. Then Sean had to deal with sharing his father with a new woman and his fame in the same period, I guess it could be really difficult accepting it if you're living in UK and your father has a new family and life in US while he's not around the world filming and promoting Bond. Then again I really believe Keely had a hard time too dealing with trying to be accepted from Pierce's children and I think she dealt with it all in a wonderful way, and if Sean admits he gave lots of troubles I guess it's a proof of that.
...and you know what the trick to whole thing is? It's not how many times life knocks you down...it's how many times you make yourself back up.
lol i see your point londonstreet, it's just that i have seen keely in interviews and she can be a bit controlling...also i also think its the kids that always get blamed if a new woman is brought into the family and its difficult....which i personally think is unfair....sure sean has been a rebel, but i get the feeling that keely doesnt make much of an effort with him neither.....BUT BUT BUT that is my personal opinion! Don't kill me people! ;D
Post by londonstreet on Aug 14, 2006 12:20:37 GMT -5
To be honest I've only seen Keely in a few seconds interview so I don't know how she could be. From what I read she's a strong woman but that's all what I can say. I usually blame parents when the relationship between children and the new parent get difficult, and that from my personal experience. It's just that since the only way we know about the all thing is from Sean's admission I think she dealt with it quite well. Then again Sean said that after Pierce and Keely had their own children he and his siblings went to see them less and less, so maybe you could be right. I really don't know, I've never thought about it too much before this Sean's interview, so my opinion is not so strong.
...and you know what the trick to whole thing is? It's not how many times life knocks you down...it's how many times you make yourself back up.
It's not just that Pierce and Keely got their own kids or because they had less time because of that. it's also because older kids grew up and got intersts and affairs of their own. Didn't you all see your parents more before you went off to college or got your own job and moved away from home? Not to mention after you got kids of your own?
As for Keely's relationship with Cassie's kids - how many of you don't think your own parents tend to be bossy at times?
My grandma raised 2 nephews in addition to her own 2 kids after her sister and brother-in-law died, even though, herself being a widow, she didn't have enough for her own family. As long as I remember, her firm advice to me was, "Never raise anyone else's children." It sounds cruel and very unusual for the kind, gentle person my grandma was, but I'm sure she had been given good reason to say that.
At the time before and after Cassie died the older kids were already off in school and college so it was just Pierce and Sean for some time. He was used to having his father all to himself. When Keely came into their life Sean was 11 years old (and she lived in her own house for a few years after that) . A year later there was also the advent of Bond which took away his father's time. It wasn't Keely personally that Sean was rebelling against. It was any woman he thought took his mother's place. He didn't want his father dating or being with any other woman -- that came out in interviews from Pierce back in the early 90s. Sean says the same thing here.
But now he's adult enough at 23 to realize that his father was lonely and that he had a right to be in love again and have someone in his life that made him happy. Also at 23 he's now a man and not a boy.
Was Pierce not to get married again, not have any other children so he could stay in the same house alone for when his grown children felt like coming home and having it all the same way before they left again to get on with their own lives?
When he was sent off to school in England for disciplinary reasons he was 15, he wasn't a child and he wasn't being sent away because there wasn't room in the new family for him.. Evidently it was done in the hopes that new envirornment with different friends and more structure would help him. It didn't but the accident a short time later finally did.
Think about it though. Pierce grew up without parents (and even family) for most if his childhood until at 11 he went to be with his mother and step-father (who he got along with great and loves and considers his father). By 15 he had already left school and had a job. As a teen he traveled doing theater. At 20 he got a full scholarship on his own at The Drama Centre. By 24 he was already a step parent to Cassie's children who he later adopted (and who don't think of him as anything but Dad). He worked several jobs in addition to being a working actor to support them. He's a man that was mature at a very early age and took on not only his responsibilities but those belonging to others.
He's made no secret that he's taken fathering and family seriously because of his own lack, and he's given a lot to his kids (and I don't mean just financially) even when they were no longer kids. In some instances it's reported that Keely thought they were taking advantage and hurting their father and said so. I guess some could decribe that as controlling but I rather think of it as protective.
Post by londonstreet on Aug 14, 2006 15:01:55 GMT -5
Yulyia, you're right I didn't think about the children age back around 1994.
The fact that Sean as an adult admits all the troubles he put his father through and that he likes Keely is a proof that she has done a good job in dealing with him. I mean, when these kind of things are dealt in the wrong way the children and the step-parent don't get along well when the children are adults neither. I'm sure that Pierce made the right choice in sending Sean in a UK school and certainly he did it for the right reason, but I think that's not how Sean saw it at the age of 15 and still dealing with his mother's death. By the way the fact that now he's able to see it in the right way shows that Keely and Pierce handle it very well. About what Keely has been reported having said, I've read something only about Chris last year but I guess it was only gossip, and even if it was true I've always thought she was right. Still the only interview I remember having heard of her is when a journalist at a premiere ask how many children they have and she answers 5, I loved it. These are just some of my thoughts.
...and you know what the trick to whole thing is? It's not how many times life knocks you down...it's how many times you make yourself back up.
My younger brother and I have this joke that I am the older sister, but I am the little sister, and he is the younger brother, but he is the BIG brother, because he is bigger than me physically. It's a cute joke, but it stops being funny when Charlie tries to act like he is older than me.
Sean can *try* and help his brother Chris, but Chris is the only one that can help him at this point. Hopefully Sean will learn that, before he repeats the mistakes his father made with Chris.
As for the whole Keely bossy thing....My mom never died, but my parents are divorced. I know my brother is not fond of my dad's girlfriend, but I happen to like her a lot because of how good she is for my dad.
It takes a great deal of maturity to put your own feelings aside, and be happy for your parents. I am glad Sean got there.
And by the way here is the lead for Contact Music:
"Brosnan Threatens to Kill Injured Son"
Pierce Brosnan threatened to kill once injured son Sean for Sean's admittance that he wants to be the new 007...
Doesn't really merit a topic of it's own but Seans' moving back to L.A.
Mail on Sunday Dec 2006
BAD news for the single ladies of London. Pierce Brosnan's handsome actor son Sean, 24, is quitting the capital after a decade to move back to Los Angeles. 'I want to be closer to my dad and two little brothers - I was brought up in the States and I miss it,' he tells me. 'I also want to try to crack the acting scene over there.' Sean recently confessed to me that he had developed a crush on former co-star Lois Winstone, daughter of hard-man actor Ray, but I hear he's now dating a young model.
'We've only been seeing each other for a short time but things are going well,' he reports.
By Stefan Byfield Epoch Times UK Staff Feb 24, 2007
Raindance call themselves "the voice of indie film", and with a chequered financial past typical of indie productions, this labour of love for film is now 14 years old.
This DVD brings an eclectic mix of short films that profoundly have a similar theme of loneliness, searching and friendship. Perhaps it shows the times we're living in when a diverse variety of judges, including Dame Judi Dench, Scottish-born director of The Last King of Scotland Kevin Macdonald, and musician Lou Reed, shortlist such honest portraits. Most have melancholic undertones but with bright sparks of hope often leading to sad, profound or uplifting conclusions.
A lonely car park night attendant harbours a secret which incubates his nurturing instinct and a journey of self discovery, in the multifaceted and intimate Booth Story , which also won the Diesel Film Award.
Emily Harris and Yori Bentorim's photographic monochrome masterpiece, Three Towers , reveals how the lives of a simple Italian farmer and his wife are transformed after learning of the 9-11 tragedy from a passing Scottish tourist.
A cosmic coincidence in Zac Nicholson's Lucky Sevens sends a couple of old gents to the race track. Having lost his house, his gnome and now his last buck on a bet Marvin learns the inner meaning of the cosmic coincidence and true friendship.
Sofia struggles with the reappearance of her oppressive family, as she remembers them, and looks back at the decisive moment that caused her to disappear for four years in Alvaro Brechner's humorous diary.
Handsome Sean Brosnan, of father Pierce, stars alongside David Soul in Arran Bowyn's dark, poignant comedy of conscience and consequence, Old Dog .
And James Fox, out on a sunny day's painting in the countryside with his friend played by Robert Hardy, has a surprise in his picnic basket for the psychotic clown Mr Snuggles in Goodbye Mr Snuggles by Jonathan Hopkins.
Raindance founder Elliot Grove told the BBC, "The general public now know that they are guaranteed a really great movie when they come to Raindance, even if they know nothing about it, don't recognise any of the names in it, and may not even have heard of the country it was made in." That's certainly true of this DVD.
And as for the times we're living in, perhaps Kosai Sekine's quirky Festival trailer, involving the latest Japanese dance craze Para Para, says it all: "It's a movie. You should do something."