Pierce Brosnan never rewatches his James Bond films
Pierce Brosnan isn't counting out watching Die Another Day with his sons someday, though
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They say hindsight is 20/20, but when it comes to revisiting his turn in the role of a lifetime, Pierce Brosnan says he avoids it altogether. In an exclusive interview with The A.V. Club’s Todd Gilchrist, the Black Adam star reveals that he’s never rewatched his onscreen performances as the indomitable James Bond.
“I don’t look. I see the movie at the premiere, and that’s it. I move on,” Brosnan shares. “I’ve never watched the James Bond movies with my sons, much to their chagrin. Maybe one day I will. But I don’t particularly enjoy looking at the work. It’s done. It’s over. It’s on to the next one.”
Brosnan offered his talents to the role of 007 between 1995 and 2004, before he passed on the laurels to the current Bond, Daniel Craig, for 2006's Casino Royale. Brosnan portrayed the iconic British spy in four films: GoldenEye, Tomorrow Never Dies, The World Is Not Enough, and Die Another Day. He also voiced Bond in multiple video games.
Despite his distaste for viewing his own work (especially, apparently, of the Bond variety), Brosnan also emphasizes that watching classic texts like James Bond or Black Adam come to life on set is what really makes performance fulfilling.
“When you read a text like Bond or you read a text like Black Adam, you think, “How are they going to do this?” And that’s the joy, that’s the magic, that’s the thrill of being able to enter into this world,” Brosnan explains. “And then you get to go on to the soundstage and you get to see how they put it together. So every day was a joy. Every day was an exhilaration of storytelling.”
Black Adam premieres in theaters on October 21. You can check out The A.V. Club’s full interview with Brosnan here.
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He does however have Mrs. Doubtfire on a loop.
Shit, you got in before me with the exact same joke XD
Brosnan also emphasizes that watching classic textsreading classic texts. You read texts, as Brosnan says himself. He’s talking about reading scripts of movies before they were made.
Maybe he just sort of stares at them.
“Brosnan also emphasizes that watching classic texts like James Bond or Black Adam come to life on set” Learn how to parse sentences. This is the full clause. Would you read something coming to life on set?
“watching classic texts like James Bond or Black Adam come to life”Seriously get some reading comprehension. He is watching the process of the text becoming a movie, he isn’t watching the text.
“watching classic texts…come to life”Unless they fixed a typo, this is fine.
Celebrities – they’re just like us!I also don’t rewatch the Brosnan Bond films.(I play GoldenEye on N64 at every opportunity however).
Me neither.
The man literally rewatched GoldenEye and streamed himself doing it live!
That was a stunt double.
Ah – that would explain why he was bigging up his stuntmen so much.
That stream reminded me of a dull-as-dishwater commentary he recorded for Die Another Day. I really like him as an actor, but he’s not the most exciting or insightful guy to watch movies with.
But does seem like a nice guy.
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I don’t blame him, I don’t watch the Brosnan ones either if I can help it.
Those last two aren’t really worth a rewatch anyway.
It might just be nostalgia (I was 13 when it came out), but I think The World Is Not Enough is my favorite Brosnan Bond.
It’s definitely nostalgia, but subjective nostalgia is the kind of the magic of Bond. I myself am a big Octopussy fan because it feels like early childhood. Which is less twisted than that sentence made it sound.
Same.
On the other hand, I bet he watches Mrs Doubtfire every weekend XD
His Bond films were… fine. I liked him as Bond, but I did not like the material that he was given. I hope that he will consider rewatching The Matador.
Neither do I.