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It's meant to be out this year so probably fairly soon.
I like Pierce in many kinds of films: romantic drama or comedy, action/drama, and for sure in thriller/crime/espionage films.
Yes! I've been waiting on a trailer for a while.
With Craig and the other actors, they were taking over a popular series, which wasn't the case with Pierce. I think that Brosnan must have had an enormous amount of pressure playing James Bond. As much as I like Dalton and his two films, the series was derailed by LTK and dead-in-the-water in the late 80s/early 90s. Brosnan brought the series back to life and made James Bond relevant again for a whole generation of younger fans.
Even if you aren't a fan of the Brosnan era, he still deserves credit for raising 007 from the dead.
Well, yes he does.
I would argue however that Craig had a more difficult job than Brosnan. Whilst Brozzer had to take over a potentially ailing series, and couldn't have been blamed if it didn't work out, Craig had to take over a healthy series and a popular Bond (Brosnan). Regardless of what hard-core fans think, the series and PB were still on a high, and Craig was suddenly this unknown entity who was pushed forward at a time when , on the face of it, it was unnecessary.
Yes, good points. They both had their issues. Probably Roger Moore had the easiest time.
That site is still around. I guess they didn't see Craig's box-office numbers.
He certainly does. The public may still love Brosnan but a lot of hardcore fans (though not all, like us Brosnanites) seem to put him down. Without him it's debatable whether the franchise would have made it through the 90s.
That's actually why I think Brosnan had more pressure. Everyone was slagging off Craig before he got the part. Everyone expected him to be terrible so the only way was up. With Brosnan, he was the popular choice, everyone was expecting him to be great. People had high expectations of him, he'd been linked with the role for years. Plus the series was in a much worse place than it did when Craig took over. If CR flopped they'd probably start again (maybe bring back Brosnan for a DAF type scenario) but if GE flopped it could've meant the end of the series. It needed to be a hit so Bond would be relevant again.
Each Bond actor needs to fit the zeitgeist of his era. In the 90s, audiences wanted a meterosexual James Bond with matinee idol good looks, and in the post September 11 00s/10s, audiences craved a no-nonsense, meat-and-potatoes killer who will often ignore bureaucratic procedure to get the job done. Daniel Craig was the perfect Bond for this time in history, as was Brosnan.
I don't think that could ever happen. All it would mean is in another few years another actor gives it a go and EON would have tried again. The public love for Bond is too much as it is.
Pierce to be replaced by younger 007
By Nicole Lampert, Daily Mail, 9th February 2004
He is the most successful 007 of all, but Pierce Brosnan is being pensioned off as James Bond.
Producers have decided that, at the age of 50, he is not attracting enough young fans and will be recruiting a successor before the next film.
Names in the frame include Jude Law, Christian Bale, Orlando Bloom, Colin Farrell and Hugh Jackman.
Brosnan was `optioned` to make one more Bond film, meaning he would do it if producers still wanted him. But he has been told that the option will not be taken up for the 22nd Bond movie, due to be made next year.
In some ways he is a victim of his own success. The massive £705million box office takings for his four-film run and, in particular the £250million triumph of his last appearance, Die Another Day, has left producers wondering how they can possibly go one better.
So instead of trying to, they have decided to take a step back and recreate the early days of Bond with a younger actor.
`Bond reached a peak in Die Another Day - one of the most succesful films ever - but now we have the opportunity to re-energise the franchise and take it to even greater heights,` said a source at Eon productions.
`We will go back to the first days of Bond - maybe even his first mission. We want to attract more young fans and we think that having a younger Bond will help.`
Brosnan`s sex symbol status was not helped by pictures taken at a family barbecue last October in which he betrayed signs of middleage spread.
The decision for a change was given added impetus when Britney Spears approached producers to ask for a role in the next movie.
They realised the 22-year- old singer would look more like Brosnan`s daughter than his love interest.
The source added that Brosnan was happy with the decision. `Pierce felt Roger Moore did one too many Bond movies and he wants to move on while he is still considered alongside Sean Connery,` he said.
Brosnan took over as Bond in 1995, in GoldenEye. He was contracted to do three films, with the option of a fourth. That option was extended to include a fifth after the success of The World Is Not Enough, his third film which came out in 2000.
Roger Moore did his last Bond film, A View To A Kill, when he was 58 while Sean Connery was just 41 when he called it a day in Diamonds Are Forever, though he made a one-off comeback at 53 in Never Say Never Again.
Brosnan has already shown that he is more than just a one-trick pony with acclaimed roles in The Thomas Crown Affair and The Tailor of Panama. A spokesman for Eon said that Brosnan may not be part of future plans.
`We are always looking to target younger audiences,` he said. `We want fans who will still be watching in 40 years. We are looking at what direction we want Bond to go and when that decision has been made, that will determine the cast and plot. No decisions have been made.`
Brosnan is most Bond fans` second favourite actor in the role, according to David Black, chairman of the James Bond International Fan Club.
`I think most fans still see Connery as the best Bond, with Brosnan coming second,` he said. `It depends who you grew up with. Older fans prefer Sean while the younger ones prefer Brosnan.`
Of the candidates to take over, Hugh Jackman, who starred in X-Men, was the most fancied by fans, he said.
http://www.mi6-hq.com/news/index.php?itemid=1140
There may have been errors there and so much more but ultimately, it was true.
This is what some forum members thought at the time and only one proved to be right:
Although I myself could have never imagined something like this 3 days ago, it does seem strangely logical for me now. After ruining the series (or what the rumours call "injecting new blood into it") with "Die Another Day" by trying to attract the youngest of the youngest, prematurely kicking Brosnan out and replacing him with one of the freshmen in Hollywood action cinema is a perfectly plausible step for revitalizing the franchise in the 21st century. So, all in all, I don't want to believe it, but I am afraid it is credible. - A. F. Schumacher
http://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/articles/bond21_brosnan_rumour_discussion.php3?t=&s=articles&id=0385
Ten years on, how do you feel now?
I still feel that he deserved one more so he could go out on a high note. I feel pretty bad for him. I think DAD was mainly the fault of the producers. They hired Tamahori, Purvis and Wade, and then sat back and watched as that trainwreck unfolded. Instead of stopping all these terrible decisions they supported them.
When they realised that they'd f***ed up badly, Brosnan was used as a scapegoat (look everyone, new Bond, new direction!) despite him still being popular enough and young enough to do another.
Excellent post dear sir. Although I wouldn't call Bond a sociopathic killing machine. ;-)
http://www.mi6-hq.com/news/index.php?itemid=11251&t=mi6&s=news
That looks fantastic, and it will be something to tide us over until Bond 24.
http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=40102
He could still play 007.
But no, he could not still play Bond.