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And even Brosnan started ageing pretty quickly. Not as much as Moore, who suddenly started showing his age round FYEO, but still. It struck me when I saw TWINE.
I thought he looked his best in TWINE, and looking back looked great in DAD. I don’t think he soaked up the sun as much as Rog.
Yeah, his "Remington Steele look" disappeared quickly.
He looked very young in GE and then...
There would few fans that would disagree that Pierce could've played Bond for a fifth time.
… he matured beautifully into the role.
I’ll always maintain that not giving Brosnan a final film that’s more grounded and perhaps more influenced by Fleming is one of the series biggest missed opportunities. Much as I love Casino Royale with Craig, there is still a sense of unfinished business with Brosnan’s Bond.
It’s an interesting what if, but part of me thinks it’s not something that would have worked. TWINE was, at least in part, an attempt to make a darker, more drama heavy Brosnan instalment, and I think they lost sight of his strengths as Bond. I think it could potentially have been the same with a hypothetical fifth film. Anyway, we already have GE which, while not grounded as such, was influenced by Fleming and gave Brosnan enough to work with that didn’t go beyond his capabilities.
The Brosnan formula was the Brosnan formula. It coudn't be more grounded than TWINE.
What I should’ve said was another film in the vein of GE for his 5th installment, as opposed to “grounded.” I mean even something like FRWL isn’t incredibly “grounded” in our reality. But mainly speaking, what I was trying to say was that I think Brosnan’s Bond became a victim of the technology they were showing both in front of and behind the camera, whereas GE feels a bit more subdued when it comes to that stuff, and like you said, does take influence from Fleming. So if we had a 5th Brosnan Bond film that dropped all of the ridiculous elements like invisible cars and stopping his heart-rate willingly, and perhaps even cut back on the amount of Machine Gun shootouts his Bond was known to engage in, we could’ve gotten something quite special I think. I think GE had that balance down perfectly.
I'd say GE was as 'grounded' as it got. And again, that's a film where Bond commandeers a tank.
But honestly, that's fine. Bond doesn't need to be 'grounded' all of the time, and I'm not sure if I can see Brosnan doing the sort of stuff Craig did in CR (slightly different Bonds anyway, and I'm not sure if Brosnan had a hair out of place post action sequences after a certain point in his films).
Seconded. We are singing from the same hymn sheet here.
Completely agree mate. Pierce was the Bond I grew up with, but it was time for a change, Casino was the perfect change
A 5th film with a similar tone and sense of style as "The Thomas Crown Affair" would have been a great curtain call; Brosnan was so good in it.
Yes, something of that ilk. You've nailed it! For me, it felt like Brosnan took the spirit of Tomorrow Never Dies into The Thomas Crown Affair. He was so good in it. So sure-footed.
Broz in 2007:
I'm glad he didn't though.
I think apart from Rodg and possibly Daniel they all debuted at a youthful enough age 8r at least looked younger than their years when they started.
Not overly old but he started looking his age. In the previous two movies he looked younger than his age. Especially GE. Moore was the one who aged the most and the most suddenly between films, even taking into account his age.
So yeah, back on topic, I think they should cast someone in their early to mid 30s, ideally.
They still seem to be only allegations, but regardless, I think that guy burned his bridges. I'm surprised he's still getting cast in some of the things he is, but I see those are rare offerings sprinkled throughout all the DTV garbage he does.