Pierce Brosnan Would Totally Play James Bond Again, Y'Know, if They Asked Him To
It's a long shot, admittedly. But Pierce Brosnan, who played Bond in four movies (GoldenEye, Tomorrow Never Dies, The World Is Not Enough, and Die Another Day), says he's up for the challenge. Speaking to the Radio Times, the 72-year-old actor had a good-natured reaction to being asked if he thought the time was right for 'a senior citizen 007.'
'My wife Keely [Shaye Smith] and I have been listening to the drumbeat of expectation of who's going to be the next James Bond,' he said. 'There are many great candidates out there, and I'm sure they're going to make it a spectacle of delight. I don't think anyone wants to see a craggy, 72-year-old Bond, but if [next 007 director Denis] Villeneuve had something up his sleeve I would look at it in a heartbeat. Why not? It's great entertainment. It could be lots of laughs. Bald caps, prosthetics… who knows?'
The oldest Bond to date: Roger Moore, who was 58 when he starred in 1985's A View to a Kill. While you can feel confident that Amazon is going to go in a different direction—by casting an actor in his late 20s, not early 70s—an elderly secret agent tale does sound like 'a spectacle of fun' in its own way. Even if he's not playing Bond in name, we could definitely see Brosnan stepping back into a similar role with, as he suggests, a more comedic flavor built in.
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