FACER: Who else? I mean, girl-wise.
BROSNAN: Well regarding Halle. I just want to say that she is fantastic in this, and she really brings a level of both quality and fun to this film that I think the Bond films needed. She is very well respected.
FACER: I'll take your word for it. I can't help but notice her career took off after she started taking her clothes off. But there has to be more than one Bond girl in the film.
BROSNAN: Yes, Rosamund Pike plays Miranda Frost. Again, a very talented lady and a fine actress.
FACER: Yes, now her I like. But I'm a bit disappointed in the leading ladies' names this time. Not enough innuendo.
BROSNAN: I think they were worried about it getting out of hand. Some of the old ones were silly.
FACER: I wanted to see Daisy Throatwash, or something like Trixie Fingerbutton. Misty Pimplepuss.
BROSNAN: That's what I mean.
FACER: Bambi Bimbobottom.
BROSNAN: Yes, that's what I mean. It's become somewhat of a joke. I think the producers wanted to distance themselves from that Pussy Galore stigma.
FACER: So you're saying the producers are fags?
BROSNAN: Why do you say that?
FACER: The producers don't like pussy galore? I just hope we don't see you paired up with Rod McSteel next time around.
BROSNAN: (laughs) I don't think we have to worry about that.
FACER: Well, not until they replace you with Rupert Everett anyway. Are you up for another Bond film?
BROSNAN: Possibly. That's all I can say at this point. I'm admittedly a bit long in the tooth, but I may be up for the challenge. It's getting more and more difficult to do the stunts, and I also want the character to remain believable.
FACER: Do you think Roger Moore stayed too long?
BROSNAN: It's hard to say. Roger was fantastic even to the last. I don't think I'd take anything away from him.
FACER: What can you tell us about the plot of Die Another Day?
BROSNAN: Well, I don't want to give too much away. But it is a much more adventurous Bond film, but also more cerebral. At least, a bit more cerebral.
FACER: It's not a chick flick, is it?
BROSNAN: Well, I hope the "chicks" think so!
FACER: I guess. I saw the trailer. Rick Yune looks very menacing.
BROSNAN: And he is, the character is. He plays this part very well. He was menacing on the set. I think in a way this character is like Jaws from the Roger Moore films, but with less humor and more menace. But wonderful potential.
FACER: Doesn't he die in this one?
BROSNAN: I'd rather not say, but that hasn't stopped a Bond villain from coming back, has it?
FACER: John Cleese is back as "R"?
BROSNAN: Yes, but he's been promoted to "Q." This is the first Bond film since Desmond Llewellyn's death.
FACER: It should be interesting to see Cleese do it.
BROSNAN: He is a different "Q" but there is a lot of homage to Desmond.
FACER: Is it difficult to work in such a formula film? I mean virtually every second is predetermined. Opening sequence, M office scene, flirt with Moneypenny, drive fast car, have random sex with some nuclear scientist bimbo, blow up huge underground lair. Austin Powers has made a franchise on parodying this. Is it tough to do the source material of a parody?
BROSNAN: Oh no. I don't think so at all. I love the Austin Powers films, mind you, but Bond will always be Bond. They tinkered with the formula and it didn't work.
FACER: The Tim Dalton years.
BROSNAN: Yes. We're back on track now. While the formula is there to a great extent, we have wonderful screenwriters to help liven it up. And we break the formula quite a bit. You saw that in
Tomorrow Never Dies, as well. And even more so in the last film. [
The World is Not Enough.] I certainly hope no one in the audience is thinking about formula. I just want them to have fun with it.
FACER: How is your Bond different from the others?
BROSNAN: It's difficult to say. I think he's certainly a bit more serious than Roger's, but also more calculating than Sean's. Sean was very fluid and almost, I guess what I mean to say is, casually invincible?
FACER: Yes.
BROSNAN: Sean's Bond didn't break a sweat. Mine, I think, has to exert effort but hopefully remains true to the Bond nature overall.
FACER: I remember in the opening sequence of
Goldeneye your Bond was running along the edge of a dam, in the bungee cord sequence, and breathing heavy as he ran. It was jarring almost. Very un-Bond.
BROSNAN: Well, that was intentional. The producers wanted to create a new Bond, one that has to exert. I think if you don't identify with Bond as a human, even though he's a human who is always coifed and gets the girl, he becomes too distant from today's audience. Bond is not The Terminator.
FACER: You've managed to keep busy with non-Bond work, as well.
The Tailor of Panama was a great film.
BROSNAN: I enjoyed that one.
FACER: An anti-Bond spy character.
BROSNAN: Exactly. And Geoffrey Rush and I got along famously. It was hotter than hell, and we were constantly uncomfortable, but it was a wonderful experience. A very clever little film. I've also finished
Evelyn, a wonderful film set in my home of Ireland.
FACER: Who else is in that?
BROSNAN: Julianna Margulies and Aidan Quinn. It's reminiscent of, I think, some of the best films of the 50's. A heartwarming and every emotional film.
FACER: Ahh, you see the people who come to my site will hate it. The only thing they get emotional about is a good bowel movement. Let me ask you this. If you were abandoned on a deserted island, what would you want to bring with you to eat?
BROSNAN: Oh, goodness. I, well. I'm not sure. Perhaps hamburgers. I know it's not quite Bond to say that, but I love them.
FACER: You blew an opportunity there.
BROSNAN: Excuse me?
FACER: You should have said "pussy galore."
BROSNAN: (laughs.) You are awful.
FACER: You would have scored bigtime with the women. All right, last question. Who do you want to see step into the role of Bond when you do finally decide to move on?
BROSNAN: Oh, I wouldn't want to guess. It's not my decision. I am sure the producers will make a wonderful choice.
FACER: Come on, take a shot at it. I'll give you three choices.
BROSNAN: Well, I don't...
FACER: Ralph Fiennes, Dame Edna or Wil Wheaton.
BROSNAN: Oh, well... Dame Edna I suppose.
FACER: Why?
BROSNAN: Ralph is a fine actor, he may make me look bad in comparison. And I don't know your third choice.
FACER: Wil Wheaton. He played the kid on
Star Trek Next Generation. Wesley Crusher.
BROSNAN: I haven't seen it. I'm sorry, but I will have to stick with Dame Edna.
FACER: Wil will be crushed. That's a double entendre now that I think about it. Well, thanks for talking with me, and here's hoping your career doesn't take the nosedive I expect after appearing on TheFacer.Net. Thanks again.
BROSNAN: Thank you.
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Cool man. ;D
Cool man. ;D
It's not mine, either, I only tuned in because somebody on Kelly's board said PB was there.
