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Post by eaz35173 on Aug 17, 2015 7:34:34 GMT -5
beta.theweek.in/theweek/leisure/Pierce-Brosnan-family-guy-behind-the-spy.htmlFamily guy behind the spy By Fred Allen | August 23, 2015 For Pierce Brosnan, work remains an abiding although secondary passion in life After enduring his fair share of disappointment and tragedy in life, Pierce Brosnan has attained a measure of serenity that he never expected to find. He has been happily married to Keely Shaye Smith for more than two decades, recently became a grandfather, and is enjoying a pleasant resurgence in his film career, alternating between playing dashing romantic leads as well as menacing Bond-like government operatives. This September, Brosnan finds himself playing both kinds of characters, which is proof of his enduring appeal and versatility. First up is No Escape, in which he plays a former spy who uses his special skills to help a vacationing American couple (Owen Wilson and Lake Bell) escape from a militant uprising in Southeast Asia. Then comes Some Kind Of Beautiful, a romantic comedy in which he plays a Cambridge professor involved with two sensationally beautiful women (Jessica Alba and Salma Hayek). For Brosnan, work remains an abiding although secondary passion in life. “I still love making films,” says Brosnan. “It's wonderful to be on a film set and it's fun playing different kinds of characters that feed my creative instincts and allow my imagination to run wild. I also still think I can be better with each role, adding layers to my work that benefit from my own experiences and whatever wisdom I've gained. The only drawback is that I find it stressful to be separated from my family for several months at a time.” The 62-year-old continues to maintain a lavish home in Kauai, Hawaii, where he and his wife spend several months each year. Their 17-year-old son, Dylan, began working as a model for Saint Laurent Men's Collection line last Autumn. Pierce and Keely have a younger son, Paris, 14. No Escape comes on the heels of The November Man and Survivor. Do you feel you're having a second coming as a Bond-like figure?
I had stayed away from the genre for many years because I wanted to try my hand at all the other kinds of characters I wanted to play. It wasn't easy for a time to find those roles but I've worked very hard to carry on and do interesting work. But I always felt that there was unfinished business in getting back into the action genre and I enjoy the tension and physicality involved. It's also a good excuse to stay in decent shape. You seem to be working more than ever these days.
This business has a tendency to be feast or famine. I've enjoyed working with some outstanding directors like Susanne Bier (Love Is All You Need) and Roman Polanski (The Ghost Writer), and being part of a lot of great stories and wonderful casts. When you've lived a good part of your life on a movie set, you never get tired of the camaraderie and the spirit that comes with the job. At one point lately, I had done seven movies in two years, which is more than I've ever worked. It makes you hungrier. You're also playing another Lothario-like romantic figure in Some Kind Of Beautiful. What can you tell us about your amorous professor?
Richard has two passions in life—romantic poetry and beautiful women. The latter pursuit is the more dangerous one which leads to a lot of confusion and complications which are mostly his fault. All of which show the absurd roads that love often takes. He's an incurable womaniser who has difficulty curbing his romantic urges. Did you ever go through a womanising phase?
When I was younger, perhaps. But I was never interested in one-night stands or having a lot of superficial relationships. I've also been married twice and have enjoyed raising two sets of children and all that takes up a lot of time. I'm a man who's very comfortable with the idea of marriage. I lived for 17 years with my first wife, Cassie, and now I've spent 21 years with Keely. That speaks for itself. Keely and I live a very beautiful and calm life together, and she has never objected to the fact that I spend a lot of time away at work, and not even if I'm working with beautiful co-stars like Jessica Alba and Salma Hayek! (Smiles) Do you find marriage easy?
I think I've been blessed twice in my life by meeting very intelligent and resilient women. I never expected to fall in love again the way I did with Cassie, but then I met Keely and I knew I had found someone with whom I could share my life. With Keely, we've been able to solve our problems in a very comfortable way without ever letting things get out of hand. Every couple needs to find an accommodation that allows them to live happily and harmoniously together. But you have to work at it and be very attentive to keeping the spirit and passion alive. Are you a better father today than ever?
I'm wiser and more attentive to certain things which you notice about your children as they grow older, especially during their teenage years which are the most complicated. What kind of effect has spending time living in Hawaii had on you?
It's a form of paradise on earth. We have a very beautiful cottage by the sea, fairly isolated, and very peaceful. I like to describe it as Ireland, except the heating is turned on! I get up a six, make myself a cup of coffee, sit on the terrace and watch the waves roll onto the beach. Then I'll have breakfast with Keely and the boys and spend the rest of the morning painting. Then it's lunchtime, maybe a few hours of surfing, reading, relaxing in the sun, and then, before you know it, you go, "What's for dinner?" It's a very simple and peaceful life. There are very few things that can trouble you, not even my occasionally dour Irish soul. You've often spoken about how your Catholic faith has been very important to you. Do you still have that same faith today?
Yes. Even if my whole world would fall apart tomorrow, I would still remain devoutly Catholic. I've always tried to enjoy life and make the most of things even during the lowest and most gut-wrenching moments where you feel very lost. But you need to find a way to pull yourself through and your faith and your will are what's going to drag you out of the darkness. We all want to be happy, but it doesn't come easily. Do people often come up to you and strike up a conversation when they recognise you?
It happens, sure, and when it does I try to be very open and natural and talk about everyday things. I never want to feel isolated from the world and so I love being able to wander about in London or Paris wherever I like. I just have to put on a cap and sunglasses and try to look very anonymous. (Laughs.) Your son Dylan has recently embarked on a possible career as a model.
His mother and I are very happy for him. It's an opportunity that came at the right time just after he graduated (from high school) and before he begins his studies in film school (in Los Angeles). It all came about by pure accident. He was discovered by Hedi Slimane (Vogue) while sitting at a juice bar coffee shop in Malibu. He took some photos, and gave him his phone number. The next thing we know, he's doing a big fashion shoot for Vogue. But this is really a temporary job which gives him the chance to earn some money for himself and meet some interesting people. Dylan is also a talented writer and his real aspiration is to become a director. I'm very proud of him. Your life has been marked by both great and tragic moments. When you look back, what do you make of it all?
There have been tragedies, yes, but I've also had great fortune in life. I aspired to be in the movies, I wanted to become a movie star, I wanted to be Bond, I wanted all the grand things that came with that life. I got it all.
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Post by eaz35173 on Aug 25, 2015 12:26:36 GMT -5
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Post by eaz35173 on Aug 25, 2015 16:43:06 GMT -5
www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2015/08/25/pierce-brosnan-no-escape/32267543/Pierce Brosnan talks spies, grandfatherhood Andrea Mandell, USA TODAY 5:11 p.m. EDT August 25, 2015 MALIBU, Calif. — Even movie stars have to pack up their kids for college. That's on Pierce Brosnan's to-do list on this "auspicious day," as his son Dylan prepares for his first year at USC. "He's been making short films," Brosnan says of Dylan, who was recently discovered while in a Malibu coffee shop by Saint Laurent creative director Hedi Slimane and has begun modeling. "He adapted a Joyce Carol Oates story for his graduation piece, a beautifully rendered piece. I was in it." Photos of Brosnan crew have recently gone viral. Last week, the cinematic spy hit the red carpet of his new summer thriller, No Escape (in theaters Wednesday), with three studly dates: sons Sean, 31, Dylan, 18, and Paris, 14. (Oldest son Christopher's mom is Brosnan's late wife Cassandra Harris. Brosnan's wife of 14 years, Keely, was tending to their Kauai property.) "I must say, it was a kick in the pants the other night. I did revel in the photographs as we came home in the car afterward. They were going, 'Look at this one, Dad! Look, look!'" At that moment, Paris shouts down for the Wi-Fi password (famous families, they really are just like us). Today, workmen pop in and out of Brosnan's sprawling oceanfront Malibu property, which, as it turns out, is a rental. "My house is one over. It's beautiful. We had a fire in February. This was the home of Steven Spielberg, in fact. We managed to get in here while our house is being repaired." The fire, Brosnan says, was "pretty intense. An Aston Martin blew up" inside his garage. No one was hurt. Brosnan, 62,returns as a protector of the innocent in No Escape, playing the wearied spy Hammond, who has "seen better days," the star says. Hammond's special set of skills, however, helps steer a couple (Owen Wilson and Lake Bell) and their two children to safety as an unidentified Asian country plummets into murderous revolt. The film is shot in Thailand, and, like the rest of the planet, it's where the actor was recognized most often as James Bond, whom he played from 1995 to 2002 in four films: GoldenEye, Tomorrow Never Dies, The World Is Not Enough and Die Another Day. Brosnan laughs when asked whether he has seen the fan-created video for Spectre, the new Bond film starring Daniel Craig (out Nov. 6), in which Craig has been replaced, shot for shot, with Brosnan's Bond. A friend in France sent him the viral video. "Brosnan is still kicking!" he laughs. "I thought it was very cool. I loved it. But there is only one Bond, and that's Mr. Craig." The motto after exiting the Bond franchise has been dive into the work and "let go a little bit more," he says. "I'm as famous as I'm ever going to be. I like to make a good living and be able to take care of my family. The passion is still there to really be an unexpected surprise to myself every now and then and to keep the audience that you have." He still wants to make "a classic," he says, and is drawn to period pieces. The goal "is to be excited by the work. And to really make the next job the one that's going to rock the world. To create something that's bedazzling, beguiling, bewitching." The star is also a grandfather again. Six weeks ago, Sean and his wife, Sanja, welcomed a daughter, Marley May Cassandra, named for Sean's mother, who died of ovarian cancer in 1991 at age 43. Cassandra Harris' daughter Charlotte, whom Brosnan adopted as a child, battled the same cancer and died in 2013 at 41. Pierce also has two grandchildren by Charlotte: Isabella, 17, and Lucas, 11. Being a grandfather "is different," he says. "It's bittersweet, life, always. …You learn to just revel in it and be grateful for the days that you have and the days passed. And to have a granddaughter now who is so reminiscent of my family and his mother, and to see that beautiful infant — it's a delightful feeling."
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Post by rosafermu on Aug 26, 2015 3:38:59 GMT -5
Adorable Pierce. Thanks for the interview
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Post by eaz35173 on Sept 21, 2015 10:57:37 GMT -5
www.westerndailypress.co.uk/James-Bond-star-Pierce-Brosnan-bond-white-male/story-27839101-detail/story.htmlFormer James Bond star Pierce Brosnan: The next bond will be white and male By Western Daily Press | Posted: September 21, 2015 Former James Bond star Pierce Brosnan has said he thinks the next actor to take on the role of 007 will be male and white. The 62-year-old Irish-born actor – who starred in the spy franchise from 1994 to 2005 before handing over to current Bond Daniel Craig – said the character, created by Ian Fleming, is "all man". New movie Spectre is rumoured to be Craig's final turn as the MI5 agent, and there has been much speculation as to whether his successor could be a black actor, or even a woman. But Brosnan told the Press Association: "Anything is possible for sure, but I think he'll be male and he'll be white." He added: "There's wonderful black actors out there who could be James Bond, and there's no reason why you cannot have a black James Bond. "But a female James Bond, no, I think it has to be male. James Bond is a guy, he's all male. His name is James, his name is James Bond." Brosnan stars alongside Salma Hayek, Jessica Alba and Malcolm McDowell in new romantic comedy Lessons In Love, in which he plays a Cambridge professor of English literature, who moves to California to be with the mother of his child. The Mamma Mia! star lives in Malibu and has held dual American citizenship since 2004, but admitted he related to his character's feeling of being a "fish out of water" in California sometimes. He said: "I'm so Americanised after 30 years of living here. But I miss the British sense of humour. It's so caustic, witty, funny, biting, severe sharp, just boletic in its humorous kind of take on life, and the piss take of life. I do miss all of that. "I find myself still kind of taking the piss out of something which leaves people rather perplexed here in this town. It's like I've said something terrible, but really you're just taking the piss out of somebody, because it's funny. "I miss those comedic values here. And that was somewhat the joy of playing Richard in the film." And Brosnan admitted he couldn't enjoy a good pint in Malibu. He said: "There's no beverage like a pint in Malibu. There's a Mexican place, they don't have pints though, you can't walk in and say 'Give me a pint of bitter.' You usually just have a bottle of beer." Lessons In Love is released in cinemas and on demand from Friday September 25.
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Post by eaz35173 on Oct 22, 2015 22:52:46 GMT -5
Keith Hodder @keithhodder 8m8 minutes ago Peterborough, Ontario Read some wise words from a man worth listening to in my interview with piercebrosnan for @sharpmagazine #writing
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Post by eaz35173 on Nov 5, 2015 11:52:22 GMT -5
The interview from Sharp Magazine ... sharpmagazine.com/culture/a-former-bond-worth-listening-to-pierce-brosnan/Pierce Brosnan Talks Life After Bond, Tarantino’s Casino Royale and How to Grow Old Gracefully
By Keith Hodder Whether he likes it or not, Pierce Brosnan will always be James Bond. Maybe that’s evidence of some kind of lack of imagination, but he looks custom-built for the part: broad shoulders, dark smirking eyes, lustrous head of slicked-back hair. People were waiting for him to be Bond back in the 80s, when he was playing Remington Steele, and when they all got their wish, he played Bond for the better part of a decade. But his Bond was different. He killed more. He screwed more. He wore regrettable, boxy 1990s suits. Like every great Bond, he redefined the role, and made it his own. The 62-year-old actor has had a lot of other parts over his career — and many of them are just as brilliant. But the thing about Pierce Brosnan is that, deep down, he really is James Bond: dapper and dashing, whip-smart and severe, with a whole lot going on below the surface. And, most importantly, not even remotely finished with what he started. It’s been 13 years since Bond. Has that freed you to experiment with different roles? It’s not that I ever wanted to run away from Bond. He’s just another character. Bond happens to be a role that is globally, universally, and almost cosmically known. It can take over any actor’s life. I’ve embraced it, and I’ve moved on in my life as a performer and entertainer. You can carry on making a very good living for yourself. Speaking of Bond, there were rumours that Quentin Tarantino wanted to make Casino Royale with you.
Yes, he did. We had a few merry nights of apple martinis at the Four Seasons in Los Angeles. Quentin was very passionate about doing it and it would have been great to have him at the helm, but it wasn’t meant to be. Apparently Tarantino’s strategy is to get his actors drunk before they sign on for a project.
We certainly had our fair share, but I never needed convincing. He was already in the wheelhouse as far as I was concerned, but I was just the gun for hire. It wasn’t up to me. Is it true that when you signed on as Bond, producer Barbara Brocolli gave you a first edition of Casino Royale?
She did. She gave me a beautiful signed copy. There’s some irony there.Yes. Her note read, “Here’s to new beginnings.” Does age influence the roles you’ve taken?There comes a time where age is part of everyone’s life, and it is certainly part of my life as an actor. When you’re young and starting out you’re too young for the roles, and then you get to be too old for the roles. You’re constantly dealing with the judgment of the game — because they always judge you when you walk in the door. You have to address it all. Has that part of the process become easier?
They’ll always take a swipe at you. That’s the nature of the beast. Whether you’ve got an Oscar or not, you’re simply going to be judged. You have to be tough as old boots. If the work is shit, they’ll tell you it’s shit. If it’s great, they’ll celebrate you. Somewhere in between you’ve got to follow your own path. Do you read reviews?I don’t read anything. If you read the good reviews you get a sort of fleeting feeling and you don’t believe a word they’ve said. If you read the bad ones, it sticks with you forever and you end up feeling that you’re not worthy. I act for my own gratification. I’m good at it. It took a long time to actually be able to voice that, but you have to revel in your good fortune. I feel that revelation comes with any profession.
Yeah, and it comes with age. That comes from living life for 62 years and being an actor for most of them. But of course you want the work to be good. You want it to be good every time. Sometimes it connects, sometimes the work supports you and you support it, and it hits a good note. Sometimes you get let down. I heard you recently returned to your hometown of Navan, County Meath in Ireland after many years.
In our 21 years of being together, my wife Keely had never seen where I had grown up. She had never been to the house I grew up in. We walked through the town and visited the church where I was once an alter boy. We found the home my grandfather had built, now a sad and dilapidated mess of a place. Seeing it all again was cathartic and meaningful. It was a peaceful repose of life. Did you ever have doubts as a young actor growing up in such a small town — doubts that you would never leave?
My mindset was to be reunited with my mother, to have a family and to be part of one. Acting was the furthest thing from my mind. I left Ireland as an 11-year-old boy to join my mother in London. I was always searching for the happiness of life, and the joy of it. I had no brothers and sisters, so I searched for family. What I did in life was inconsequential at that time. I simply wanted to be happy. Acting came later, in London. A lot of actors struggle early in their careers…There was a struggle and yet there was a grace to it. I had worked as a street performer and in the circus as a fire-eater. When I left the theatre there was always work. I’ve always managed to make a living. Once I found acting I found a romance with life. It’s kept my ego from getting rigid. It kept me from getting set in my way. And the work is still coming for you. Does that make you believe in some form of fate?
I think that what’s for you won’t pass you by. I believe in preparation. I believe when good fortune comes you better be ready for it because you’ve been given something that you’ve wished for and wanted. And you better know how to do it. You’ve got to go into it as though it were a life or death situation. Were you always known for your suave physicality?
It was learned. I studied dance and acrobatics, classical acting. I referred to Cary Grant, Spencer Tracey, Warren Beatty, and Steve McQueen — my cinematic heroes. To have the physicality you have to understand the space you’re working in and make it your own. So you no longer refer to any of your heroes?
I left that way of thinking to the washed up shores of imitation. With time you come to realize that you’ve created your own ensemble of shadow moves, your palette of gesture and nuance. You create the style of the man you are. You hope that you can be an unexpected surprise both in life and in a performance. What advice has guided you?
I would say: be true to yourself. Follow your heart and your passion. Be generous and find good people. Try to stay away from the “lackies” and the “slackies.” Really, you’ve just got to work your ass off and keep your imagination fertile and alive. Don’t be afraid to get your hands dirty and study the great ones that came before you.
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Post by eaz35173 on Nov 16, 2015 20:17:10 GMT -5
www.hitfix.com/news/heres-what-former-007-pierce-brosnan-thought-of-spectreHere’s what former 007 Pierce Brosnan thought of ‘Spectre’
ALSO: HIS REACTION TO DANIEL CRAIG’S ‘I’D RATHER SLASH MY WRISTS’ COMMENT By Emily Rome @emilynrome | MONDAY, NOV 16, 2015 7:30 PM Since the release of “Spectre,” we’ve heard our fair share of opinions about the quality of the latest James Bond movie. But here’s the two cents you’ve been waiting for: from former 007, our turn-of-the-millennium Bond, Pierce Brosnan. While talking with Brosnan about his thriller “No Escape” in anticipation of its DVD release next week, HitFix asked him about “Spectre,” which has topped the U.S. box office in its first two weekends in stateside theaters. “I was looking forward to it enormously,” said Brosnan, who played Bond in four films from 1995 to 2002. “I thought it was too long. The story was kind of weak — it could have been condensed. It kind of went on too long. It really did.” The Irish actor also acknowledged recent Bond films’ tendency to take some cues from the gritty Jason Bourne franchise — movies that have resided much more in the real world than the invisible car or exploding pens of Brosnan-era 007. “[‘Spectre’] is neither fish nor fowl. It’s neither Bond nor Bourne. Am I in a Bond movie? Not in a Bond movie?” Brosnan said. “But Daniel, in the fourth go-round, has ownership of it. He had a nice looseness to him.” Daniel Craig’s predecessor continued with his praise for the current Bond actor: “He’s a mighty warrior, and I think he found a great sense of himself in this one with the one-liners and a nice playfulness there. Just get a tighter story, and he’ll have another classic.” As for Craig’s much-circulated comment that he’d rather “slash my wrists” than do another Bond movie, Brosnan said, “I think the guy was just fairly banjaxed by playing it. By the time you finish making a Bond movie, you don't want to hear the name, see the name or have anything to do with it because you just want to go to ground.” Craig did make that comment when speaking to TimeOut London just four days after finishing the eight month-long shoot for “Spectre,” and he’s since clarified: “Maybe I’ll make another one. I don’t know.” Brosnan has hope we’ll see Craig play the MI6 agent once more: “Give him another year off here, and he'll be ready to rock and roll for sure.”
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Post by Ace on Nov 23, 2015 22:57:49 GMT -5
editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/pierce-brosnans-five-favorite-films/Pierce Brosnan's Five Favorite Filmsby Kerr Lordygan | November 23, 2015 | Pierce Brosnan has a long history of breaking hearts and taking names. Remington Steele and James Bond are two household names brought to life by Mr. Suave-and-Debonair himself. He’s charmed his way onto screens large and small, not only as those two impressive guys, but also in films like Mrs. Doubtfire, The Thomas Crown Affair and The Matador. His latest film, No Escape, is out tomorrow on Blu-Ray, DVD, and On Demand. His thoughts on the films that most inspired him, though, are right here: The Wizard of Oz (1939) 99%I did it as a musical when I left drama school. Back in ’76, I did it as a Christmas pantomime [laughing] and so the movie is kind of indelible in my head. I wish I could say I played one of the main roles. I was just a chocolate tree. RT: That’s inspiring for the rest of us, just so you know.[laughing] Yeah, I made the props for the cast and I made cups of tea and I put the posters up and I watched the movie endlessly because I’d been trained as a method actor — deep in the method, you know — I was deep into my chocolate tree. I was a chocolate tree, a dancing skeleton, and a jitterbug. I don’t know, the movie just kind of stuck with me. And it was a movie that I skated over when it would come on Sunday afternoons after the Sunday roast in England. But somehow it connected with me and I just think it’s a magnificent film — brilliantly orchestrated and performed by them all. And “If I Were King of the Forest” is one of my favorite songs. Just the magic of it, and it’s a bit terrifying as well — flying monkeys — it’s pretty scary. RT: That’s true; it’s one of the scarier moments of many films. You don’t realize how scary that movie can be because of how grotesque films have gotten lately. That was truly terrifying, especially for kids.Yeah, back then, that was a big jolt to the system to see those little f—ers come down and try to grab your dog. The Godfather (1972) 99%Huge fan of Marlon Brando. For this man to come out of the shadows playing Don Corleone was just captivating. And it never disappoints; to this day it doesn’t disappoint. That movie is still a spectacle of Americana storytelling with a performance by him which is just inspiring. And he was an inspiring actor, he was certainly somebody who I still go back and watch and… the music, the story, the whole trilogy — It was very much connected to my youth as a young man about to go off to drama school. RT: So that inspired you to do what you do?Yes. I mean, Brando was one of many — Montgomery Clift, Spencer Tracy, Cary Grant, Paul Newman, Warren Beatty, Robert De Niro. When you’re moved emotionally by an actor, you want to be like them, you want to be up there, just that innocent dream that I had as a young man to make movies, to be a part of movies, never in my wildest dreams thinking I was going to come close to it. And it still has that allure. You still — you know, how it goes as an older man, you see young… I saw Brooklyn the other day with Saoirse Ronan and Emory Cohen, this young fellow — the two of them together were just breathtaking, brilliantly real. [laughs] Same with Michael Shannon in 99 Homes, and Andrew Garfield. It’s good, it’s great. The English Patient (1996) 84%Ralph [Fiennes] is a spectacular actor. I just love the romance of the film. The soundtrack — when you have great acting and great story and a soundtrack, it just always cuts to the marrow of your senses, so to speak. And you know both those films — well actually, those three films have soundtracks which are very memorable. There Will Be Blood (2007) 91%What other great films are there? Ah, for God’s sake, There Will Be Blood and No Country For Old Men. I saw those films that year, back to back. Just outstanding work by director, writer, producers, actors. Captivating, both men: Javier Bardem and Daniel Day Lewis — just iconic. Every time he steps on the stage, you know, you can’t take your eyes off the guy. And both films sit on the bookshelf as bookends, really, to that special year of film making. No Country for Old Men (2007) 93%RT: Is there one that you think ranks a little bit higher?I can’t really say one ranks higher than the other because they’re on par with each other. I mean the Coen brothers’ unique landscape of film-making — they have such a versatile touch, and such a unique way of telling their stories. I wouldn’t want to rank one above the other because they’re both impressive movies and movie experiences. Kerr Lordygan for Rotten Tomatoes: What can you talk about that you’re working on next?Brosnan: I’m about to go off and do a movie with Martin Campbell here and the end of the week in London. And Jackie Chan. It’s a piece called The Foreigner, and it’s a thriller, and it’s — for Jackie — a wonderful part. A man whose life is torn apart by the IRA and a bombing. I play the Northern Irish Minister whose trying to keep the peace accord together. RT: So you’re a good guy.Brosnan: Yeah, I believe I’m a good guy. So that’s where you’ll find me right now, just pulling that together. No Escape will be available on Blu-Ray, DVD and On Demand Nov. 24th.
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Post by eaz35173 on Dec 3, 2015 11:50:53 GMT -5
Just found this on Vimeo ...
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Post by rosafermu on Dec 7, 2015 13:40:39 GMT -5
Many thanks
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Post by eaz35173 on Jun 28, 2016 8:39:57 GMT -5
From 2004 at the ATS Premiere ...
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Post by rosafermu on Jun 29, 2016 8:25:06 GMT -5
Thanks
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Post by eaz35173 on Jul 30, 2016 12:42:37 GMT -5
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Post by rosafermu on Aug 1, 2016 11:31:05 GMT -5
Thank you so muh.
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Post by Ace on Oct 11, 2017 7:21:10 GMT -5
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Post by rosafermu on Oct 13, 2017 8:45:56 GMT -5
Interesting. Thanks
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Post by eaz35173 on Oct 15, 2017 1:44:50 GMT -5
www.theguardian.com/film/2017/oct/13/pierce-brosnan-the-foreigner-interviewPierce Brosnan: 'It’s a capricious old game, the world of being an actor' The former 007 is back in action, starring in politically charged thriller The Foreigner with Jackie Chan, and he talks about Bond, Trump and the difference between good and great acting Charles Bramesco Friday 13 October 2017 07.00 EDT Pierce Brosnan can make idle chatter about vaping sound like Shakespearean verse. I ask him about his stance on vaping mostly as a lark, mentioning that he played a constantly vaporizing drug baron in last year’s offbeat thriller Urge, and still he manages a typically flowery, grandiloquent response. “It’s nauseating, a disgusting habit, completely ridiculous,” Brosnan tells me on the phone. “Young men and women sitting in their cars, with this billowing titanic bulge of fake smoke spilling out of their mouth. I guess it’s of the time. It’ll go down in the history books as one of the crazier things people have done. You can vape yourself to sleep now, I’ve read.” And better still, he uses that role for a seamless pivot to a trenchant insight about the current state of his working life: “I’m at a point in my career where I can move around the map and have a great time doing it. I can pull off the occasional unexpected surprise, and all along, enjoy the work.” It’s difficult not to be charmed by Pierce Brosnan. Charm is pretty much his trademark shtick, and it’s what carried him over five seasons of small-screen detective comedy Remington Steele. His role as a rakish thief turned gumshoe earned him a decade-long stint as James Bond, which has kept him an in-demand actor with work that’s as steady as it is varied, from an Abba musical (Mamma Mia!) to a Roman Polanski thriller (The Ghost Writer). Although it’s his role as Bond that seems to be the only topic that leaves him at a loss for words. “I have no thoughts on who should follow Daniel [Craig],” he says, two decades of constant questioning leading to an apparent exhaustion with the subject. “I really have no idea. I’m as excited as the next man to see who they’ll select.” In his new role, he’s shifting into grimmer mode than usual, playing a government official with violent roots in the IRA in politically charged thriller The Foreigner. His past returns to haunt him when an immigrant father makes it his personal mission to avenge his daughter’s death in a recent terrorist attack, waging a one-man war on Brosnan and his administration. The film reunites him with director Martin Campbell, who guided him through his first Bond outing, Goldeneye, in 1995. It also acquainted Brosnan with Jackie Chan, who shows off his martial arts prowess as the aggrieved justice-seeker. To put it mildly, Brosnan took a liking to his co-star. “He’s light and easy – a joy to hang around with, but he’s down to business,” he says. “He acquits himself with such alacrity, Jackie does. I think this performance will be a beautiful surprise for his fans, because he hasn’t quite played a role like this before. He’s just so committed, emotionally. He’s exemplary, an icon, a classic, a man of his time on the cinematic stage. A clown, an acrobat, a hero.” This might come off as the usual promotion-via-praise actors trot out on press tours, but there’s an earnestness to his words. Brosnan doesn’t trade in back-slapping like so many of his Hollywood peers. He’s charming but serious, and as a dual Irish-American citizen, he’s concerned about the attitude towards immigration in the US. “I think this business with Daca is so cruel,” he says. “What it’s doing to young men and women’s lives, tearing apart families. It is an unnecessary cruelty. I became an American citizen in the George W Bush years, having come to America and paid taxes with an American wife and American sons. I wanted to become an American citizen, and happily did so, in order to have a vote. So I could decide the future of my family.” Like an older Bond who’s learned to go easier on himself, he’s taken to globetrotting and leisure, recently seen palling around with Bill Clinton. While he’s never been lacking in confidence, recent years have seen Brosnan gaining in perspective and self-knowledge. He appreciates the many trials he’s been dealt for building his character and thickening his skin a touch. “It’s a capricious old game, the world of being an actor,” he says. “The pitfalls are many, and you have to be tough as old boots to stay at the table. I came in knowing full well it’s hard to be a great actor, and hard to be a good actor. But when you see great acting and good acting, it’s just intoxicating, and that’s what I wanted to be.” But what is it that differentiates a good and a great actor? “The great acting comes from Daniel Day-Lewis, Anthony Hopkins, Ralph Fiennes, Tom Hardy,” he says. “The good acting comes from, well, Daniel Day-Lewis, Anthony Hopkins, et cetera. Players have their moments. It’s just that some have those moments constantly.” The day after our interview, he’s scheduled to ship out to Europe for hotly anticipated sequel Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again! Mentioning it at all initially sounds like a well-placed plug for an upcoming feature, until Brosnan hooks another hard conversational left and waxes poetic on his long personal relationship with the great nation of Croatia. As he recalls filming a mini-series in the former Yugoslavia, just up the road from the frontline of Croatia’s war of independence, a single parent raising a child while working one of the planet’s more demanding jobs, one gets the impression he’s got a million stories like this. The Foreigner is released in US cinemas on 13 October and in the UK at a later date
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Post by eaz35173 on Oct 18, 2017 16:40:01 GMT -5
www.mensfitness.com/life/entertainment/pierce-brosnan-working-jackie-chan-breathing-fire-and-being-former-sexiest-manPierce Brosnan on working with Jackie Chan, breathing fire, and being a former 'Sexiest Man Alive' 'The Foreigner' actor discusses what it's really like to do your own stunts in Hollywood. by Jonathan Rowe October 12, 2017 4.28pm Is it true you’ve often been mistaken for Charles Bronson? They’ve always gotten me confused with Charlie Bronson. I actually knew Charles, huge fan of the dude, Death Wish and all. They used to accidentally give me his laundry when I’d go to pick up mine in Malibu all those years ago. I’d get it home, and it would be just the wrong attire. I don’t know if he ever got my laundry, I never asked him. I should have. “Charlie, have you seen some of my aloha shirts? C’mon, Charlie, give us some aloha!” He was very serious. Word on the street is you have fire-breathing skills. I do, though I gave my final performance on The Muppets, as James Bond. It worked in rehearsal, blew them all away. Then we went for a take, and the prop guy said, “Hey, man, I’ve got this [fuel], it’s clean, it doesn’t smell, it doesn’t taste.” I said, “Shit, that’s great. Let’s use that.” So we went into the song, “Hot Hot Hot”. I blew the flame, fucking thing came back into my mouth and blew my mouth up. It was crazy. It was like rocket fuel. And there were kids there, moms and dads. It’s on YouTube. GoldenEye 007 on Nintendo 64 is considered one of the best video games in history. Ever play it? !--2h-- I tried to play with my boys when they were little, and I think I shot myself in the foot. I did play on Jimmy Fallon once. I don’t remember who won, but Jimmy cheats anyway, so don’t trust him. Underneath all that bonhomie and laughter there’s a mean-hearted, competitive soul—just wants to win, win, win. Love you, Jimmy! Do you have any killer stunt showdowns with Jackie Chan in your new film, The Foreigner? He’s actually chasing me the whole time, so we have no real fight sequences—it’s more of a thriller. But Jackie was just amazing to watch. Now, I did the fight sequences in Bond: So many hits to the neck over the years, I got spurs in my neck; I hung and swung on wires, did driving, motorcycle, and water work. But nothing like Jackie—when he releases the Kraken, it’s like, wow, man! You’re in the presence of a grandmaster. He was a real joy to be around. As a longtime environmentalist, what issues are you particularly concerned about these days? All of them, really. Though my wife, Keeley, has a movie called Poisoning Paradise, a documentary about what’s happening with pesticides and GMO here in our home of 15 years, Kauai. An assault on the land has been taking place in secrecy, unbeknownst to the community. In 2001 you were named People’s Sexiest Man Alive. Was it all a new life after that? It certainly wasn’t. It’s all a game, a merry old dance, mate. A lot of “Oh, thank you very much!” You just take it lightly and move through the fair, get on with your life. When I had my photograph taken, I looked like an Irish farmer. That’s all I remember, thinking, “Oh, dear.”
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Post by eaz35173 on Nov 5, 2017 10:47:35 GMT -5
plus.lapresse.ca/screens/bc62e904-aee4-4cc3-a592-b4ba1f98885c%7C_0.htmlTranslated from French by Google Translate ... MEETING PIERCE BROSNAN HAS A TASTE FOR HAPPINESS Life did not spare him and he had to suddenly make the James Bond tuxedo. But the actor's elegance forbids him to complain. ARTHUR LOUSTALOT PARIS MATCH He chose his weapon: a foolproof smile. At the age of fifty, Pierce Brosnan started all over again. With Keely, his wife since 2001, the former James Bond now discovers the peaceful art of being a grandfather. The dramas, he reserves them in the cinema. In The Foreigner , released on November 8, the actor dons the costume of a prime minister from Northern Ireland caught up in his past as a terrorist. At age 64, the eternal gentleman also assumes his desire to return to less nuanced roles. "We all want to be a cool hero who gets out of inextricable situations, sleeps with sublime creatures and comes out of cult replicas. That's why we do this job! " Forgotten 007, his insolent phlegm. No more high-risk stunts and impossible challenges. The former James Bond is now in the service of his majesty Marley, his 2-year-old granddaughter. "I can change a diaper in less than 10 seconds and move in the dark, baby in my arms, without stumbling. For the preparation of the bottle, the grandfather would apply James' Martini Dry recipe: "Shaker, not spoon. Some jobs mark for life. It's been 15 years since Brosnan returned his license to kill. But he has not forgotten anything. His past joy, nor his disappointment for being sacked without charge. He says: "It is an incredible pain. A trauma that leaves a huge void. But the actor has the resource. All his life, he applied the art of turning the page: "Take out the right sentence at the right time, leave the scene and not to take the feet in the carpet, it was that, my dream ... to be Cary Grant. In life, as in the cinema, it's called elegance. DIFFICULT CHILDHOOD Unbreathable childhood near Dublin. The father, a carpenter, is an alcoholic. He left. The mother too. Pierce is tossed between friends and grandparents. At the religious school of Navan, in the shadow of the chapel, the orphan undergoes the burning of "straps that squirt cassocks like tongues of viper". At 12, he can join his mother in London. But it does not fit anywhere. Like millions of Irish people before him, he dreams of America, the country where no one has roots, and to found a united family for life. He was the boy who hacked his voice and his manners to blend in with the English decor. He will be the immigrant who erases his British look. An actor. A film marked him. His very first film. Goldfinger . "The Technicolor, the music of Monty Norman, the cars, the naked women ... It's a decisive moment in my life. " His first wife, Cassandra Harris, will be a former James Bond girl. Is that why she dreams of seeing him in the costume of the double-zero agent? She even introduced him to the producer of the saga, Albert Broccoli. He touches his dream with his finger. That's before the horror catches up, in Los Angeles in 1991. Cassandra dies of cancer in her arms. She leaves her two children Charlotte and Christopher, and the son they had together, Sean. Brosnan is widowed with three kids to raise. An invisible hero who refuses movies to take on all the roles at home. But he believes in signs. Cassandra wanted him to be James Bond, he will be. Four years after his death. With Goldeneye , in 1995, Brosnan became the fifth actor to play Ian Fleming's hero. He is the impeccable gentleman ready to unsheathe his weapon like cult replicas. Follow Tomorrow Never Dies , The World Is Not Enough and Die Another Day . "I saved the planet four times in a row. And I saved the franchise. In total, $ 1.5 billion in box office receipts. But the world and the Hollywood industry know how to be ungrateful. He is asked to return the tuxedo. There will be other tragedies in his life. Christopher and the heroine. Sean's accident. Pierce Brosnan still remembers screaming at death, 150 km / h on the highway, as he rejoins the place where his 16-year-old son struggled to survive, trapped in the wreck of his car. Then, in 2013, Charlotte succumbs to the "silent killer" who has already taken away her mother. The Irishman does not surrender. His allies are his Catholic faith, with Buddhism, and his ability to hunt for light in the darkest hours, as in the poems he writes: "My head is unbeaten, my spirit, soaked in Ireland. I believe that all this will be a beauty. " And what does it matter if he wants to cry? In the cinema, he tries all kinds. This capacity for resilience is a force that will allow him to regain love. With journalist Keely Shaye Smith, his wife for 16 years, the actor will have two sons, Dylan and Paris. NOSTALGIA He admits, however, that nostalgia still takes him to every new action movie of which he is not the hero. As if he had ants in his Walther PPK, Bond's legendary gun. He resists: "I've waited too long ... And I do not like weapons, but ... even a movie gun gives a shiver. Something to do with sexuality, power, danger, fear. These things a little toxic. " Would the birth of a granddaughter have restored her youth? At 64, Pierce Brosnan returns to thrillers and dramas. In The Son series , he is the bloodthirsty leader of a Texas dynasty. In the movie The Foreigner , an IRA terrorist turned prime minister. A need to embody life, death, tears, fury. Leaving to lose his distance so distinguished. But the nostalgia MI6 is behind him, he swears. Recently, however, he has not resisted defending the panoply of the spy. For an Indian pub. He promotes a chewing tobacco by fighting with his bare hands ... We began to chuckle. Then, as usual, he dropped the little phrase that sounded in his mouth so true, and everything was forgiven. She resembled him so much: "The class does not go out of fashion. "
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