{"id":2398515,"date":"2026-05-01T23:46:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T23:46:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2398515"},"modified":"2026-05-01T23:46:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T23:46:18","slug":"pierce-brosnan-undergoes-striking-transformation-as-famous-boxing-trainer-in-new-drama-giant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/pierce-brosnan-undergoes-striking-transformation-as-famous-boxing-trainer-in-new-drama-giant\/","title":{"rendered":"Pierce Brosnan undergoes striking transformation as famous boxing trainer in new drama \u201cGiant\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\">Key Points<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"mb-4\">\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The new trailer for Giant has been released.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Pierce Brosnan plays boxing trainer Brendan Ingle in the true story.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Amie El-Masry stars as Naseem Hamed, the champion boxer whom Ingle trains.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/person\/pierce-brosnan\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Pierce Brosnan;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Pierce Brosnan<\/a> transforms in the new trailer for the boxing drama <em>Giant<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Based on a true story, the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/person\/sylvester-stallone\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Sylvester Stallone;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Sylvester Stallone<\/a>\u2013produced sports film stars Brosnan as famed Irish trainer Brendan Ingle, and the 72-year-old is almost unrecognizable in the latest look at <em>Giant<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">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.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The trailer acknowledges the wave of racism that the British-Yemeni boxer dealt with during his run to the top of the sport. &#8220;They hate you because you&#8217;re different,&#8221; Ingle tells a young Hamed. &#8220;Embrace it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI think the story of Naz and Brendan teaches us to have courage and belief in yourself,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-independent.com\/arts-entertainment\/films\/features\/pierce-brosnan-giant-interview-amir-el-masry-b2897582.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Brosnan told The Independent;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Brosnan told <em>The Independent<\/em><\/a>. \u201cWith 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\u2019m hoping <em>Giant<\/em> will inspire some lads and lasses, too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong><em>Get your daily dose of entertainment news, celebrity updates, and what to watch with our\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/ew-dispatch-newsletter-11812417\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:EW Dispatch newsletter;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><strong><em>EW Dispatch newsletter<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The James Bond actor has been amidst a bit of a renaissance of late, starring in Steven Soderbergh&#8217;s <em>Black Bag<\/em>, Christopher Columbus&#8217; <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/chris-columbus-stars-want-make-more-thursday-murder-club-films-11798383\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:The Thursday Murder Club;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><em>The Thursday Murder Club<\/em><\/a>, and Guy Ritchie&#8217;s hit crime series <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/mobland-11791809\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:MobLand;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><em>MobLand<\/em><\/a>. Brosnan will return as mobster Conrad Harrigan in season 2 of <em>MobLand<\/em>, and he&#8217;ll also be seen in the upcoming <em>Cliffhanger<\/em> reboot. Just don&#8217;t ask him who&#8217;s going to be <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/pierce-brosnan-shuts-down-james-bond-question-about-christmas-11873997\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:the next Bond;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">the next Bond<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>Giant<\/em> releases May 22 in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the original article on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/pierce-brosnan-transformation-boxing-trainer-giant-11964604\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Entertainment Weekly;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Entertainment Weekly<\/a><\/p>\n<\/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 www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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\u2013produced sports film [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2398516,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[468204,468202,350473,468203,320001,23943],"class_list":["post-2398515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-boxing-trainer","tag-brendan-ingle","tag-giant","tag-naseem-hamed","tag-pierce-brosnan","tag-sylvester-stallone"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Pierce-Brosnan-undergoes-striking-transformation-as-famous-boxing-trainer-in.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2398515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2398515"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2398515\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2398517,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2398515\/revisions\/2398517"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2398516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2398515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2398515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2398515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}