{"id":2207662,"date":"2025-12-21T17:09:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T17:09:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2207662"},"modified":"2025-12-21T17:09:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T17:09:13","slug":"pierce-brosnan-shuts-down-interview-question-about-james-bond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/pierce-brosnan-shuts-down-interview-question-about-james-bond\/","title":{"rendered":"Pierce Brosnan shuts down interview question about James Bond"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2F2025%2F12%2F117703273.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>License to kill that question.<\/p>\n<p>Pierce Brosnan shut down a question about whether or not James Bond would enjoy Christmas during an interview with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.com\/culture\/film\/article\/pierce-brosnan-interview-giant-brendan-ingle-james-bond-mobland-fqgsrsthc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UK\u2019s The Times<\/a> published Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf course he would enjoy Christmas!\u201d Brosnan, 72, responded, before he refused to answer a follow-up question about if Bond would prefer avoiding the holidays.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Pierce Brosnan as James Bond in \u201cDie Another Day.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9MGM\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Pierce Brosnan as James Bond in \u201cGoldenEye.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9United Artists\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t really want to answer the question, and I\u2019m not going to answer the question,\u201d the Irish actor insisted. \u201cBecause I couldn\u2019t give a f\u2013k! Why would I waste my time thinking about where James Bond would be at Christmas?\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Brosnan then randomly shared his own holiday plans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know where Pierce Brosnan\u2019s going to be spending Christmas! At home with my wife, in my little island retreat in Hawaii!\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Pierce Brosnan steps out in London in December 8, 2025. <span class=\"credit\">JP\/RV \/ BACKGRID<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But as the \u201cMamma Mia!\u201d star began speaking about his Hawaii home, he apologized to the reporter for his reaction to the Bond question.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m sorry for not being able to help you with James Bond,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s something that\u2019ll go on until the day is done.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Sean] Connery was the same: \u2018Don\u2019t ever ask! Don\u2019t ever ask!&#8217;\u201d Brosnan continued. \u201cBut, you know, I\u2019m as excited as the next man or woman to find out who\u2019s going to play that role again. It\u2019s always exciting. I loved Sean, I loved Roger [Moore], Daniel [Craig] is amazing, and Tim Dalton was amazing, too.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Pierce Brosnan, Sophie Marceau in \u201cThe World Is Not Enough.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Pierce Brosnan, Denise Richards in \u201cThe World Is Not Enough.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9MGM\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>During Brosnan\u2019s seven years as Bond, he appeared in four films, including \u201cGoldenEye\u201d in 1995, \u201cTomorrow Never Dies\u201d in 1997, \u201cThe World Is Not Enough\u201d in 1999, and 2002\u2019s \u201cDie Another Day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He was the fifth actor to play the lead in the franchise, after Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Roger Moore and Timothy Dalton.<\/p>\n<p>During The Times interview, Brosnan said he hasn\u2019t rewatched his Bond movies with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/11\/10\/entertainment\/pierce-brosnan-reconciles-with-estranged-son-christopher-20-years-after-fallout\/\">any of his sons.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t look at the movies,\u201d he told the reporter. \u201cI\u2019ve never seen the Bond movies with my boys. I don\u2019t know why. They\u2019re just tucked away.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Pierce Brosnan arrives at GQ Men of the Year 2025 event in London.  <span class=\"credit\">INSTARimages<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Pierce Brosnan as James Bond. <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9United Artists\/courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In August, Brosnan confirmed he\u2019d return as 007 in the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/06\/26\/entertainment\/denis-villeneuve-to-direct-next-james-bond-film\/\">franchise\u2019s next film set to be directed by Denis Villeneuve<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf Villeneuve had something up his sleeve, I would look at it in a heartbeat,\u201d Brosnan  told the\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/movies\/pierce-brosnan-thursday-murder-club-james-bond-interview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Radio Times<\/a>. \u201cWhy not? It\u2019s great entertainment. It could be lots of laughs. Bald caps, prosthetics\u2026 who knows?\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Pierce Brosnan in \u201cTomorrow Never Dies.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9United Artists\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Brosnan also said that he\u2019s \u201cbeen listening to the drumbeat of expectation of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/04\/17\/entertainment\/who-could-be-next-james-bond-amid-amazon-shakeups-experts\/\">who\u2019s going to be the next James Bond.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are many great candidates out there, and I\u2019m sure they\u2019re going to make it a spectacle of delight,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source celebrity.land \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>License to kill that question. Pierce Brosnan shut down a question about whether or not James Bond would enjoy Christmas during an interview with UK\u2019s The Times published Friday. \u201cOf course he would enjoy Christmas!\u201d Brosnan, 72, responded, before he refused to answer a follow-up question about if Bond would prefer avoiding the holidays. 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