Pierce Brosnan undergoes striking transformation as famous boxing trainer in new drama “Giant”

Key Points

• The new trailer for Giant has been released.

• Pierce Brosnan plays boxing trainer Brendan Ingle in the true story.

• Amie El-Masry stars as Naseem Hamed, the champion boxer whom Ingle trains.

Pierce Brosnan transforms in the new trailer for the boxing drama Giant.

Based on a true story, the Sylvester Stallone–produced sports film stars Brosnan as famed Irish trainer Brendan Ingle, and the 72-year-old is almost unrecognizable in the latest look at Giant.

The project from writer-director Rowan Athale tracks the relationship between Ingle and prizefighter Naseem Hamed (Amir El-Masry), whom Ingle helped raise from the streets of Sheffield, England, to become a world champion.

The trailer acknowledges the wave of racism that the British-Yemeni boxer dealt with during his run to the top of the sport. “They hate you because you’re different,” Ingle tells a young Hamed. “Embrace it.”

“I think the story of Naz and Brendan teaches us to have courage and belief in yourself,” Brosnan told The Independent. “With a good heart, good mind, good passion, and good discipline, you can do anything you choose to do. I was lucky to start my life as an actor in community theatre in Brixton, south London. And once I found that, I found a home, and great strength. I’m hoping Giant will inspire some lads and lasses, too.”

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The James Bond actor has been amidst a bit of a renaissance of late, starring in Steven Soderbergh’s Black Bag, Christopher Columbus’ The Thursday Murder Club, and Guy Ritchie’s hit crime series MobLand. Brosnan will return as mobster Conrad Harrigan in season 2 of MobLand, and he’ll also be seen in the upcoming Cliffhanger reboot. Just don’t ask him who’s going to be the next Bond!

Giant releases May 22 in the U.S.

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