Pierce Brosnan couldn’t care less about the future of James Bond
Pierce Brosnan told GQ that it will be "interesting" to see who they cast, but nobody believes he means that
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For some reason, Hollywood is once again abuzz with rumors and predictions about who should be the next actor to play James Bond (historians will note that there must always be a James Bond, and bad things will happen if humankind goes too long without appointing a new James Bond), and that means a lot of people are being forced to answer the question of who they think should be the next person (see what we did there?) to take on the suits and the martinis and the Walther PPK. Series producer Barbara Broccoli recently said that they’re looking for an actor like Daniel Craig who will be willing (or semi-willing, in Craig’s case) to sit with the franchise for over a decade, which means whoever they cast is going to have to be pretty serious about it.
Former James Bond star Pierce Brosnan actually has a hot take on all of this: He doesn’t give a single shit and doesn’t especially care who plays the next James Bond. Stars, they’re just like us! (Or at least some of us, specifically those of us who are already tired of yet another round of “Who should play James Bond?!” discourse.)
Brosnan offered his refreshing response during a GQ profile about him and his handsome sons, preempting the question about who should play James Bond by saying, “Who should do it? I don’t care.” He went on to say that “it’ll be interesting to see who they get,” with GQ noting that he said it “in a tone that indicates it’s maybe not actually that interesting.” He also said that he loves Skyfall but wasn’t “too sure about the last one” (2021’s underrated No Time To Die, presumably), simply saying that “Daniel [Craig] always gives of his heart. Very courageous, very strong. But…” And that’s it.
More people in Hollywood should be willing to just not care about this stuff. Martin Scorsese probably spends less than five minutes of his whole year thinking about superhero movies, but because he had to comment on how he feels about them, it’s been entered into the public record and now we can never escape it. Speaking of superhero movies, here’s how Brosnan described his role in the upcoming Black Adam to GQ: “Black Adam, Dwayne Johnson, DC Comics. I play Dr. Fate.” Beautiful, and not because it’s coming from a place of disapproval or judgement. It’s because it’s coming from a place of genuine cool disinterest, like some kind of 70-year-old Irish Gen-Xer. Hey, maybe this guy should play James Bond?
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“… because he had to comment on how he feels about them, it’s been entered into the public record and now we can never escape it.”THE AV CLUB
But obviously he must care about auditioning for the role of Mark Twain…should one open up.
Colonel Sanders is begging for a warts and all biopic.
Honestly, who doesn’t want to see Pierce gun down a rival gas station owner in the street, while calling him a son-of-a-bitch?
Yeah but it has to be the sexy Colonel Sanders from that dating sim
Quixote. Don Quixote.
“Do you expect me to tilt at that windmill?”
In La Mancha’s Secret Service
He looks like someone who would promptlt challenge you to a duel if you ever offended his hon-ah.
Fiddle-dee-dee, Big Daddy!
I’m guessing it’s for Dr. Fate, as that’s how the character looked under the mask last time I saw him in a comic.
But obviously he must care about auditioning for the role of Mark Twain…should one open up.
It opened up five years ago when Hal Holbrook retired from acting.
You know it works on him
Man Doesn’t Care About Thing.Scintillating stuff.
Coming up next: Dog bites nothing!
Bringing him back as an older Bond would be “interesting to see.”
only if he keeps the current facial hair.
I know that the Broccolis are far too precious about the franchise to ever consider it, but a Bond team-up featuring Connery, Moore, Dalton, and Brosnan somewhere near the end of Brosnan’s run (maybe between The World Is Not Enough and Die Another Day?) would’ve been goddamn epic.
Or a quick shot of them playing cards at a sidewalk cafe in the Village.
That would be telling
The original Casino Royale movie from the 1960s was a parody like that with multiple Bonds.
Oh, neat! I’ve heard about that film, but I’ve never actually seen it. I’ve been meaning to for a while and that seems like the kick in the pants I need to do it!
It’s very long and not very good. Plus it has Woody Allen.
Counterpoint: Never Say Never Again.
With that facial hair, he needs to be trying to sell Bond a bottle of Dr. Phineas Lambeth’s Genuine Nerve Bromo.
Dr. Fate stole Olvier Queen’s hair!
historians will note that there must always be a James Bond, and bad things will happen if humankind goes too long without appointing a new James BondThey’ll also note that humankind was obsessed with making lists of who should play the next James Bond, years (and multiple movies) before James Bond was actually cast, making most of the predicted actors too old.
70 year olds are not Gen-Xers. That age puts him solidly in the center of the baby boom.
I believe that was part of the joke.
I think the Gen-x thing was about how he is disinterested in this shit. Because that’s the whole Gen-X vibe. We are just pure apathy given form.
“ We are just pure apathy given form.”You guys keep saying that, but why would a genuinely apathetic person go through the effort of announcing their feelings?
“Hey everyone, look at how little I care about everything! Please, look!”I’m glad to finally see someone call out X-ers’ self-congratulatory BS. Seems fundamentally at odds with their whole ethos.
So many of them complain that they’re the ignored generation, but I suspect they would all prefer to ignore the fact that they were the generation that bought 4 million copies of Sugar Ray’s third album.
Hey, wait! I got a new complaint! Oh well, whatever, nevermind…
Why did you just reference lyrics from two classic rock songs?
Golden oldies from when I was in high school
Which makes it odd for Barsanti to call out anybody for it, unless he is upset they are eating off of his plate.
if you say so
Eh, maybe.
GenX here. We’re just glad for the reference, inaccurate as it was. There are so many articles that talk about the “clash of generations” which only mention Boomers, Millennials and GenZ. Of course we’re not the only generation ignored. My parents (who are in their 80s) are always annoyed that people think Boomers are the oldest generation around when people currently 80 and older (including Joe Biden) are actually members of the “Silent Generation” (defined as being born during or before WWII but too young to actually fight in it) And of course there’s still a few “GI/Greatest” generation people around who actually did fight in it, but they are nearing age 100.
Stop explaining it to the children and the old people!
But will he be *gasp* blond? Because that was a big issue last time that everyone forgot about.
Anti-blondism is not discussed enough in general.
If the films did anything with the actors after they were done with the role, that would be something. But it seems that the last three held onto the title for dear life as the studio tossed around and figured out if it was going to exist or not.
I don’t give a shit about any of this but I love that there’s somebody named Barbara Broccoli
You should look into the works of her Chinese cousin who worked in Hong Kong cinema, Peter Pak Choy.
There’s a dude who knows The Terrible Secret of Space!
I always hoped she would marry a guy whose surname was Rabe.
Fun fact: Broccoli, Cauliflower, Bok Choy, Cabbage, Kohlrabi, and Turnip are all members of a single genus, Brassica.
Brassica jokes are far better than the content we normally get ‘round here.
Thank you. That is a fun fact.
wasn’t that fun.
Don’t forget Brussels Sprouts! And Mustard!
You’ll love the fact that broccoli is named after her family then.
Bros call her “Babs”.
Daughter of “Cubby” Broccoli, so it just keeps comin’.
I mean yeah, he hasn’t been Bond for 20+ years. He has no reason to care about this.
Why does it matter what he thinks? I mean, sure, it got you some extra clicks on a non-story, but does it really matter? He was Bond (as a 90’s kid, he’s my Bond) but it doesn’t matter who takes the role and his opinion on the matter won’t make any difference.
it doesn’t matter that you have an opinion that it doesn’t matter that he has an opinion that it doesn’t matter
The suns going nova in a few years. So ultimately, nothing matters.:0)
I highly recommend (if you have a couple of hours to spare) watching Brosnan watching GoldenEye, on YouTube. He comes across as such a nice guy, living the dream in Hawaii doing stuff like this just because he’s been asked.
If he was really cool he’d play GoldenEye with me on the N64, so I could waste him with the Golden Gun. SUCK IT BROSNAN
He is a nice guy, fantastic humanitarian.
That makes two of us!
I like Brosnan, he’s one of the few actors that you could call “outspoken” (although I loathe to do so), that actually puts his money where his morals are.Always seems like he’s got a level head on his shoulders ad a lot to give.
However, he’s “very concerned” about who might play the next Mrs Doubtfire.
“Mrs. Doubtfire couldn’t get made in this day and age because it’s punching down!”
And why should he as he turns into Col. Sanders before our very eyes?
some kind of 70-year-old Irish Gen-XerBrosnan was born in 1953. He is not Generation X, he’s a Baby Boomer.
They fired Brosnan, why would he care. And come on, it is over.