Post by Piper on Apr 24, 2004 10:20:06 GMT -5
Pierce Brosnan: My Name Is 'Poppy', Not Bond
I guess we can't call Pierce Brosnan James Bond anymore. Or not until the folks who make the "007" spy series, the Broccoli family, decide their next move.
Brosnan's contract with them is over after four successful trips to the Bond fountain with "Die Another Day," "The World Is Not Enough," "Tomorrow Never Comes" and "GoldenEye."
But we can call him Poppy. His eldest stepchild, Christopher, who was the son of his late first wife Cassandra, now has a five-year-old son of his own.
This makes the 51-year-old former Remington Steele one of the youngest grandfathers around. But he told me last night at the premiere of his new romantic comedy, "Laws of Attraction," that he doesn't mind at all.
Poppy Pierce recently did have a talk with Quentin Tarantino about remaking "Casino Royale," the James Bond spoof that was first issued in 1967 when the real series was undergoing retooling.
The story was based on an Ian Fleming novel, but David Niven — not Sean Connery — played Bond, and an all-star cast of Ursula Andress, Peter Sellers, Deborah Kerr, William Holden, Jean-Paul Belmondo and even Woody Allen helped heap on the humor. Imagine what a cast Tarantino would assemble!
Of course, the big problem is that MGM owns all the rights to all the Bond films, even "Casino Royale." And MGM, as we speak, may be on its way to a takeover by Sony Pictures.
Confusing? You betcha. But Brosnan is ready for Tarantino "in a heartbeat."
In the meantime, he's on his way back to Mexico for what he termed a "grueling" five more weeks on the set of "The Matador," co-starring Hope Davis and Greg Kinnear.
"Have you seen [fill in the blank tourist attraction]?" someone asked him at the Rainbow Room afterparty last night. "Or gone to [fill in the blank resort]?"
"I haven't been anywhere or done anything," Brosnan said a little ruefully. But he does have a nice tan. And you thought being a movie star was glamorous!
Wouldn't it be nice to find "reporters" who actually check the facts before they send their stories to print?
I guess we can't call Pierce Brosnan James Bond anymore. Or not until the folks who make the "007" spy series, the Broccoli family, decide their next move.
Brosnan's contract with them is over after four successful trips to the Bond fountain with "Die Another Day," "The World Is Not Enough," "Tomorrow Never Comes" and "GoldenEye."
But we can call him Poppy. His eldest stepchild, Christopher, who was the son of his late first wife Cassandra, now has a five-year-old son of his own.
This makes the 51-year-old former Remington Steele one of the youngest grandfathers around. But he told me last night at the premiere of his new romantic comedy, "Laws of Attraction," that he doesn't mind at all.
Poppy Pierce recently did have a talk with Quentin Tarantino about remaking "Casino Royale," the James Bond spoof that was first issued in 1967 when the real series was undergoing retooling.
The story was based on an Ian Fleming novel, but David Niven — not Sean Connery — played Bond, and an all-star cast of Ursula Andress, Peter Sellers, Deborah Kerr, William Holden, Jean-Paul Belmondo and even Woody Allen helped heap on the humor. Imagine what a cast Tarantino would assemble!
Of course, the big problem is that MGM owns all the rights to all the Bond films, even "Casino Royale." And MGM, as we speak, may be on its way to a takeover by Sony Pictures.
Confusing? You betcha. But Brosnan is ready for Tarantino "in a heartbeat."
In the meantime, he's on his way back to Mexico for what he termed a "grueling" five more weeks on the set of "The Matador," co-starring Hope Davis and Greg Kinnear.
"Have you seen [fill in the blank tourist attraction]?" someone asked him at the Rainbow Room afterparty last night. "Or gone to [fill in the blank resort]?"
"I haven't been anywhere or done anything," Brosnan said a little ruefully. But he does have a nice tan. And you thought being a movie star was glamorous!
Wouldn't it be nice to find "reporters" who actually check the facts before they send their stories to print?
