The PIERCE BROSNAN Appreciation thread - Discuss His Life, His Career, His Bond Films

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• Murdock The minus world

  March 2014 Posts: 16,331

  Somebody has already made a fan poster! :-bd
  
• Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator

  March 2014 Posts: 40,474

  @dragonsky, I highly doubt the third will tank. But Jackie Chan was rumored for a role in it (had me excited) and he dropped, so I hope the same doesn't happen to Brosnan.
• Murdock The minus world

  March 2014 Posts: 16,331

  Creasy47 wrote:

  @dragonsky, I highly doubt the third will tank. But Jackie Chan was rumored for a role in it (had me excited) and he dropped, so I hope the same doesn't happen to Brosnan.

  
  Well Brosnan has officially confirmed so I don't think he'll be fading from this picture. ;)
• Murdock The minus world

  March 2014 Posts: 16,331

  Birdleson wrote:

  Brosnan or no, I can't conceive anything that would compel me to see an EXPENDABLES movie.

  Bronson Smash! :))
  
• 0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"

  March 2014 Posts: 28,694

  Any November Man news?
  
  After scanning this thread and seeing photos like these, I am even more excited:
  
  http://distilleryimage10.ak.instagram.com/81e8536ca2d511e380b112526226ab9e_8.jpg
  
  http://distilleryimage0.ak.instagram.com/d3376aeca2de11e3bdd112ccf407965c_8.jpg
  
  http://www.empireonline.com/images/uploaded/PierceBrosnan_NOVEMBERMAN-resize.jpg
  
  It's so nice to see things looking so good for Brosnan, especially after so much personal hardship as of late. In November Man it looks like he will finally get to play a straight-edged, gritty spy that he always wanted when he was Bond, and that he is envious of Craig for getting. The photos look great, he looks out of this world badass, and I can't contain my excitement. Better yet, Olga Kurylenko is in this film too, right?
  
  As for the Expendables news, that would be phenomenal. Brosnan seems to really be having fun and picking the acting work that thrills him. I have nothing but high hopes for him as he enters this new stage in his career, where he's more badass then ever before. I may make a November Man poster to put my excitement to use, or use the set photos to craft a fake Bond poster. It'll be hard to top what @Murdock did though; great work on that one, mate!
• Murdock The minus world

  March 2014 Posts: 16,331

  Thanks @0BradyM0Bondfanatic7. :) Though I must point out that those first two photos aren't from November Man, but Survivor, another movie he's working on currently.
• 0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"

  March 2014 Posts: 28,694

  Murdock wrote:

  Thanks @0BradyM0Bondfanatic7. :) Though I must point out that those first two photos aren't from November Man, but Survivor, another movie he's working on currently.

  
  Seriously?! That's awesome! Now I have two films to be madly excited about. :)
  
  
  Here's some great photos of Pierce I found on my recent Google image searches (in spoiler tags to prevent too long a post):
  

  http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3nw6lBDlg1qzleu4o1_1280.jpg
  
  http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zuMaZk9H4TQ/UF5UN6FQWWI/AAAAAAAARsM/-DDsyCMJtRM/s1600/Pierce-Brosnan-Panerai-from-After-The-Sunset-2004.jpg
  
  http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2013/10/howard-schatz-caught-in-the-act.sw.7.howard-schatz-portraits-actors-acting-ss03.png
  
  This one is from a Saint Patrick's Day even in Ireland in 2011:
  http://pg4anna.tripod.com/Pierce2.jpg
  
  http://img1.efu.com.cn/upfile/news/commonly/2006/2006-11-29/yings_2006y11m29d_064031828.jpg
  
  http://glamorousluxurypassion.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/pierce_brosnan_bond-005.jpg
  
  http://images2.fanpop.com/image/photos/12500000/Pierce-Brosnan-Wallpaper-pierce-brendan-brosnan-12572168-800-600.jpg
  
  http://wfiles.brothersoft.com/p/p_s/pierce-brosnan-and-car1_100281-480x360.jpg
  
  http://glamorousluxurypassion.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/pierce_brosnan_bond-005.jpg
• BAIN123

  March 2014 Posts: 11,189

  I'm tempted to skip the third Expendables and just wait until the 4th,
• 0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"

  March 2014 edited March 2014 Posts: 28,694

  Here's some more photos from the set of "Survivor":
  
  http://i2.wp.com/www.soallegedly.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/pierce-brosnan-0125.jpg
  
  http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3746/12156460104_94a5549514_o.jpg
  
  http://www.filmparadiset.se/wp-content/gallery/survivor-2015/survivor-inspelning-17.jpg
  
  http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Rp_K7ANsbeI/Uul_3q20CPI/AAAAAAAABIw/75cy5p7SyfU/s1600/SURVIVOR-PB.png
  
  http://www.contactmusic.com/pics/ln/20140125/250114_survivor_film_set/pierce-brosnan-survivor-film-set_4040392.jpg
  
  http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5542/12156728906_ff3defae2a_o.jpg
  
  http://www.contactmusic.com/pics/ln/20140125/250114_survivor_film_set/pierce-brosnan-survivor-film-set_4040374.jpg
  
  http://www.contactmusic.com/pics/ln/20140125/250114_survivor_film_set/pierce-brosnan-survivor-film-set_4040407.jpg
  
  Could Pierce look any cooler? I doubt it.

  BAIN123 wrote:

  I'm tempted to skip the third Expendables and just wait until the 4th,

  BAIN123 wrote:

  I'm tempted to skip the third Expendables and just wait until the 4th,

  I still have to see the second one (it's on Netflix, though), but I do want to see it and the third because of Mel Gibson's involvement. If Pierce is in #4, I'll definitely see it.
  
• Walecs On Her Majesty's Secret Service

  March 2014 Posts: 3,157

  Birdleson wrote:

  Brosnan or no, I can't conceive anything that would compel me to see an EXPENDABLES movie.

  
  Same. When I heard Harrison Ford would be in the third one, I decided to watch the first two, and then the third one, but I really couldn't get past the first half hour of the first Expendables movie.
• chrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm

  March 2014 edited March 2014 Posts: 17,691

  The Expendables movies are great retro OTT 80's-type 'splosion fests. Mostly hilarious stuff.
  
  Wow, he's SO busy!!
  
  Untitled Pierce Brosnan/Jack Orman Project (TV Movie) (announced) ?
  The Moon and the Sun (pre-production) 2015
  Survivor (filming) 2014
  The Coup (post-production) 2014
  How to Make Love Like an Englishman (post-production) 2014
  November Man (completed) 2014
  A Long Way Down 2014
• christmas

  March 2014 Posts: 55

  Brosnan is on fire right now no doubt about it . . . Mamma Mia who ? lol !
• Thunderfinger Das Boot Hill

  March 2014 Posts: 45,489

  I am planning to see A Long Way Down. Brilliant book, anyone else read it? None of the other films interest me at this point.
• 0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"

  March 2014 Posts: 28,694

  Thunderfinger wrote:

  I am planning to see A Long Way Down. Brilliant book, anyone else read it? None of the other films interest me at this point.

  
  I don't know much about it either, but if Pierce and Aaron Paul are in it I'd check it out.
• Thunderfinger Das Boot Hill

  March 2014 Posts: 45,489

  It is a black comedy by Nick Hornsby.
• Getafix

  March 2014 Posts: 11,425

  Birdleson wrote:

  Walecs wrote:

  Birdleson wrote:

  Brosnan or no, I can't conceive anything that would compel me to see an EXPENDABLES movie.

  
  Same. When I heard Harrison Ford would be in the third one, I decided to watch the first two, and then the third one, but I really couldn't get past the first half hour of the first Expendables movie.

  
  Aside form Bond films, I really have no stomach for Hollywood action fare.

  
  Same here. Bond sits in a different category for me.
  
  Am interested to hear how November Man is reviewed. After watching The Tailor of Panama early in the Brosnan era, I realised that Brosnan did actually have some acting ability, but that it was just being mis-directed in Bond. I'd love to see him play a slightly twisted and cynical secret agent role - how he should have approached Bond from the start.
• Getafix

  March 2014 Posts: 11,425

  Birdleson wrote:

  Best non-Bond vehicles for Brosnan were THE GHOST WRITER and THE MATADOR.

  
  Have you seen the Taylor of Panama? He's pretty good in that. Thought he was decent in the Ghost Writer. Still haven't seen the Matador, but have heard it's good.
• BAIN123

  March 2014 Posts: 11,189

  Getafix wrote:

  Birdleson wrote:

  Best non-Bond vehicles for Brosnan were THE GHOST WRITER and THE MATADOR.

  
  Have you seen the Taylor of Panama? He's pretty good in that. Thought he was decent in the Ghost Writer. Still haven't seen the Matador, but have heard it's good.

  
  I think he's funny here. Seems to be having fun.
  
  
• QsAssistant All those moments lost in time... like tears in rain

  March 2014 Posts: 1,812

  Murdock wrote:

  Somebody has already made a fan poster! :-bd
  

  
  That's awesome... isn't that a pic of him from DAD?
  
  
  

  Creasy47 wrote:

  @dragonsky, I highly doubt the third will tank. But Jackie Chan was rumored for a role in it (had me excited) and he dropped, so I hope the same doesn't happen to Brosnan.

  
  I agree, the third will be great. I too was excited for Chan to be in the third, I heard he wanted a decent size role in it and Sly agreed, wonder what happened?
  
  
• Murdock The minus world

  March 2014 Posts: 16,331

  @QsAssistant, Yes that's from Die Another Day. :)
• jolearon

  April 2014 Posts: 645

  Would be a great addition to the Expendables franchise.
• Craigisnotbond

  April 2014 Posts: 99

  Brosnan will give the franchise a much needed boost. He'll probably use gadgets and stealth. Damn, I wish he'd be the villain.
• Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator

  April 2014 Posts: 40,474

  Craigisnotbond wrote:

  Brosnan will give the franchise a much needed boost. He'll probably use gadgets and stealth. Damn, I wish he'd be the villain.

  
  The franchise needs a boost? In what way?
• 0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"

  April 2014 Posts: 28,694

  Creasy47 wrote:

  Craigisnotbond wrote:

  Brosnan will give the franchise a much needed boost. He'll probably use gadgets and stealth. Damn, I wish he'd be the villain.

  
  The franchise needs a boost? In what way?

  
  Well, it lacked a James Bond and now it has one, so maybe that's it?
• Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator

  April 2014 Posts: 40,474

  That could be it. I figured with Brosnan joining that he'll play a tuxedo-donning spy with nods to the Bond franchise, in the way they introduced Chuck Norris in 'The Expendables 2' and threw in a bunch of Chuck Norris Facts.
• 0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"

  April 2014 Posts: 28,694

  Creasy47 wrote:

  That could be it. I figured with Brosnan joining that he'll play a tuxedo-donning spy with nods to the Bond franchise, in the way they introduced Chuck Norris in 'The Expendables 2' and threw in a bunch of Chuck Norris Facts.

  
  That would be incredible. I'm just so excited for Pierce's next work. He's finally getting the kind of gritty spy material he wanted during his era, so I can't wait to see how he fares in these types of roles. He must be so elated by all this, and in all the set photos for November Man and Survivor he looks so incredibly badass. I can't wait to see these films.
  
  It'd be great if his character in The Expendables was exactly what you said, a tuxedo wearing British spy, and he remained nameless the entire film to sort of poke at the idea of him playing Bond himself.
• Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator

  April 2014 Posts: 40,474

  That's why I'm so damn excited for 'November Man': that's what he wanted his James Bond to be, gritty, brutal, and realistic, and I'm really excited even for the trailer. Been anticipating it for quite some time now.
  
  Yeah, it wouldn't surprise me if they made some kind of nod to Bond with Brosnan. They did the same kind of thing with Schwarzenegger, Stallone, and Willis in the first film.
• talos7 New Orleans

  April 2014 Posts: 7,980

  Creasy47 wrote:

  
  Yeah, it wouldn't surprise me if they made some kind of nod to Bond with Brosnan. They did the same kind of thing with Schwarzenegger, Stallone, and Willis in the first film.

  
  Vodka martini, stirred, not shaken ;)
• Craigisnotbond

  April 2014 Posts: 99

  Creasy47 wrote:

  Craigisnotbond wrote:

  Brosnan will give the franchise a much needed boost. He'll probably use gadgets and stealth. Damn, I wish he'd be the villain.

  
  The franchise needs a boost? In what way?

  
  They're pretty much B-grade action movies at best. Hopefully, Brosnan will help raise the bar, or at least make the movie memorable.
  
• SaintMark

  April 2014 Posts: 7,653

  Craigisnotbond wrote:

  Creasy47 wrote:

  Craigisnotbond wrote:

  Brosnan will give the franchise a much needed boost. He'll probably use gadgets and stealth. Damn, I wish he'd be the villain.

  
  The franchise needs a boost? In what way?

  
  They're pretty much B-grade action movies at best. Hopefully, Brosnan will help raise the bar, or at least make the movie memorable.

  
  You are at best kind of batshitcrazy, after Expendables 1 they really hit their stride with number 2 and undoubtely nr. 3 will be a big hit.
  It is nice for Brosnan to be a part of it, but I cannot see him improving the very well working formula of the various former actionheros in one movie. If anything it would raise Brosnans popularity.