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Pierce Brosnan thinks playing James Bond has given him career “longevity”.<\/p>\n
The 72-year-old actor was actually warned against accepting the role of Bond by Christopher Fettes, his teacher and mentor – but Pierce insists he doesn’t have any regrets about his decision.<\/p>\n
He told the Guardian newspaper: “Christopher wanted me doing obscure 19th-century plays, but my dream was always movies.”<\/p>\n
Daniel Craig, Pierce’s successor as 007, actually returned to theatre work after leaving the role. However, Pierce has never been tempted to swap movies for theatre work.<\/p>\n
He said: “I was impressed that Daniel had the bottle to go back out there. I thought, \u2018Why the heck didn\u2019t I?\u2019 You have to really want it, and I didn\u2019t.”<\/p>\n
Pierce played Bond between 1995 and 2002, and he’s never regretted accepting the part.<\/p>\n
Asked whether Christopher was correct about Bond being beneath him, Pierce replied: “It\u2019s very kind of Christopher. But thank God for Bond. It\u2019s given me longevity. It\u2019s given me the world in many respects.”<\/p>\n
Pierce previously insisted that the next Bond actor should be British.<\/p>\n
Numerous high-profile actors have been linked with the role in recent years, including the likes of James Norton, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Theo James, Paul Mescal, Cillian Murphy and Aidan Turner – but Pierce believes that the role should be awarded to a Brit.<\/p>\n
The Hollywood star also supported the decision for the franchise’s long-standing producers – Barbara Broccoli and Michael G Wilson – to hand creative control to Amazon.<\/p>\n
He told the Sunday Telegraph newspaper: “It takes great courage for them to let go.<\/p>\n
“I hope that [Amazon] handles the work and the character with dignity and imagination and respect.”<\/p>\n
Pierce also insisted that he feels proud of his own legacy with the Bond franchise.<\/p>\n
He said: “History has been passed on and I’m very proud to have been part of the history and the legacy of Bond and the movies I made with Barbara and Michael.”<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Taron Egerton recently claimed that he’s too “messy” to play James Bond.<\/p>\n
The 35-year-old actor believes there are “so many cool, younger actors” who would be better suited to the coveted role.<\/p>\n
Asked about the possibility of playing Bond, he told Collider: “I don’t think I’m a good choice for it. I think I’m too messy for that.<\/p>\n
“I think I’m not\u2014 I really love James Bond and particularly Daniel Craig’s tenure. But I think I wouldn’t be good at it, and I think there’s so many cool, younger actors who would be great for it. I think it would be wasted on me, probably.”<\/p>\n
Taron observed that leading the Bond franchise is “quite an undertaking”.<\/p>\n
He said: “I think I’m a period in my life where, as you say, I’ve been probably following the things that speak to me on a creative level a little bit more, but, you know, I’m sure I won’t feel that way forever.<\/p>\n
“But James Bond is quite an undertaking and I think, one, as far as I’m aware, nobody’s asking me to do it.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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