I went to America thinking I was going to work with Martin Scorsese. Taxi Driver , I'd seen about 10 times and Mean Streets ; that's where my brain was at. I was going to do movies. But I needed work. I went through several more interviews and then Cassie and I came home to Wimbledon. Then, the call came: would I return for a screen test? And it was, 'My God, what have we done? What have we done? What are we going to do? Don't panic! We'll go to America.
We'll take the kids to America. So Cass, the two kids and I hopped on a plane and went to America. When I found acting, or when acting found me, it was a liberation. It was a stepping stone into another life, away from a life that I had, and acting was something I was good at, something which was appreciated. That was a great satisfaction in my life. I've always been a bit of a loner.
I've always felt like an outsider, and because I didn't have a mother or father figure, I brought myself up. I made my own rules, and from the pain of not having a mother there came the great strength of being able to deal with things on a one-to-one basis throughout my life. Cassie, I think, took it harder than I did. Because you want for your partner in life, you want the best for your partner. It just didn't happen. Timothy Dalton was signed the next day.
And I became the guy who coulda been, shoulda been, might have been Bond. When I did it I knew the movie wasn't up to speed; it wasn't as good as GoldenEye and you have to bang the drum loudly to get the attention. On his early years in Ireland I remember being very much a loner. Very solitary childhood. I didn't have the guidance of a mother and father.
I remember missing my mother. I used to think she was in the Congo working in this war zone. In reality she was a nurse in London, but I lived in my imagination. I remember being in the fucking dressing room beforehand doing my tie up.
Suddenly, my face was half-numb and I couldn't close one eye. Then I felt my arm going numb. Oh jeez, I thought, I'm having a stroke, and just then came, "knock, knock It was not a good evening.
In losing her, watching a life dwindle down, you could taste life, you could really sense it. Because everything slows down, everything revolved around the house and small accomplishments. And then with her passing and as the pain gets lesser, you realize what you've come through, that you're still breathing, feeling, thinking, making decisions.
It's quite euphoric, the feeling. It gives you a great strength. The Fourth Protocol and Mister Johnson weren't box-office hits, but they were successes for me. Bruce Beresford gave me confidence and direction. Nomads didn't do anything for me. Why didn't it work for me?
My beard. I should have gone for a sleeker, more cosmetic image. On meeting his father for the first time I was in Ireland doing one of the last episodes of Remington Steele in ' He came to the hotel on a Sunday afternoon. I had tea and biscuits ready and, when I opened the door, there he was. He was a stranger. I expected him to be this very tall man. He was very lively, a wiry bantam cock of a man with great energy.
We talked, had a couple of pints of Guinness, he took some photographs, and then he drove off. It was our only contact.
The ultimate question was, "Why did you abandon me? I always felt the restraints of the storytelling and it just didn't have enough bite to it. It was in the writing. The ghosts of Sean Connery and Roger Moore were there for me. It was hard to pull away from that because they were written in such a vernacular of what had gone on prior. How do you act The King of Cool? I was so damn nervous before that movie came out in New York. I remember having panic attacks in taxis and thinking, "Jesus Christ, what have we done?
I couldn't breathe. It was terrifying. I was having a cup of coffee by the bagels, desperately trying to remember my damn lines. Suddenly I look up and it's Jack. I keep stirring my coffee. Jack Nicholson is talking to me and I'm dumbstruck. Inside my head, I'm yelling at myself: "Jesus, just shake the man's hand.
I was immobilised by the Jack-ness of it all. I honestly couldn't tell you. Assault weapons should be banned without question and guns should be monitored. The gun law in America is absolutely crazy and out of control. I am so connected to Boston being an Irishman, and now being an American citizen. It has a numbing effect on one's senses and creates deep fear in our hearts and deep sorrow. We are somewhat powerless to do anything, but to extend our sympathy to the victims of such a tragedy and hope that mankind will come to its senses and stop killing each other.
The kill ratio in movies is overwhelming and I never really took the violence in the Bond movies too seriously, the plot was not so real. I just worked over in Bulgaria with Avi Lerner who makes them. He said, 'Would you like to be in The Expendables? I'd love to have you', and I said, 'Why not? I have no desire to watch myself as James Bond.
It's a horrible feeling. It's the gift that keeps on giving, that allowed me to create my own production company and make my own movies. It was a very hard one to grasp the meaning of, for me.
The violence was never real, the brute force of the man was never palpable. It was quite tame, and the characterization didn't have a follow-through of reality, it was surface.
But then that might have had to do with my own insecurities in playing him as well. The next morning all the birthday cards were there and there was one in the middle that said '60'. Just that number alone. It's so manicured and codified in America. They don't venture into the realms of reality when it comes to the relationships of men and women. They go to the market of youth But I do love the notion of the younger woman as I am now the older man.
You see it in men: that fear that the clock is ticking, the clock is ticking, and women become more and more beautiful, every age group. It just becomes this lustfulness of yearning and want. I have a strong faith, being Catholic Irish, that has been maintained throughout my life.
I enjoy the ritual of church, prayer. I'm not consistent in it, but it's within me. Survivor Role: Erick Erickssong. Role: Mike Regan. Robinson Crusoe Role: Robinson Crusoe. Director: Rod Hardy, George Miller.
The Match The Love Punch How to Make Love Like an Englishman Role: Ethan Webb. Love Affair The Lawnmower Man Role: Dr. Lawrence Angelo. Live Wire Role: Danny O'Neill. Spinning Man Nomads Role: Jean Charles Pommier.
Final Score Salvation Boulevard Genres: Drama, Action, Thriller, Comedy. Role: Jack Abelhammer. Urge Mister Johnson Role: Harry Rudbeck.
The Deceivers Role: William Savage. The Disappearance of Kevin Johnson Role: Pierce Brosnan. A Christmas Star Role: Mr. Entangled Murphy's Stroke Star Cast: Niall Toibin, T. Bowen, Tony Doyle, Derry Power.
Murder Role: Charles Lattimore. Death Train Role: Mike Graham. Night Watch Running Wilde Star Cast: Jennifer Love Hewitt. The Heist Role: Neil Skinner. Don't Talk to Strangers Role: Patrick Brody.
The Broken Chain Role: Sir William Johnson. The movie wears its themes on its sleeve and pins its symbols to its puffed-out rooster's chest, swaggers about with a proud grin jabbing thumbs at itself, then walks into an open manhole. It's magnificent. A comedy centered on the life of Kate Reddy, a finance executive who is the breadwinner for her husband and two kids.
Set in the world of mega-churches in which a former Deadhead-turned-born again-Christian finds himself on the run from fundamentalist members of his mega-church who will do anything to protect their larger-than-life pastor. A romantic drama centered on two new lovers: Tyler, whose parents have split in the wake of his brother's suicide, and Ally, who lives each day to the fullest since witnessing her mother's murder. A ghostwriter hired to complete the memoirs of a former British prime minister uncovers secrets that put his own life in jeopardy.
A teenager discovers he's the descendant of a Greek god and sets out on an adventure to settle an on-going battle between the gods. A drama that is centered around a troubled teenage girl and a family that is trying to get over the loss of their son. The story of a bride-to-be trying to find her real father told using hit songs by the popular '70s group ABBA. A s-set drama where an adulterous man plots his wife's death instead of putting her through the humiliation of a divorce.
A perfect family's dynamic is ruined by a kidnapper's brutally efficient plot. At the end of the Civil War, a colonel hunts down a man with whom he has a grudge. A globetrotting hitman and a crestfallen businessman meet in a hotel bar in Mexico City in an encounter that draws them together in a way neither expected. The story of what happens after a master thief achieves his last big score, when the FBI agent who promised he'd capture him is about to do just that.
Amidst a sea of litigation, two New York City divorce lawyers find love. James Bond is sent to investigate the connection between a North Korean terrorist and a diamond mogul who is funding the development of an international space weapon.
Desmond Doyle is devastated when his wife abandons their family on the day after Christmas. His unemployment and the fact that there is no woman in the house to care for the children, Evelyn, Dermot and Maurice, make it clear to the authorities that his is an untenable situation. The Irish courts put the Doyle children into Church-run orphanages.
Although a sympathetic judge assures Desmond that he'll get his children back after he gets a job, he learns there's another barrier. During that time, Evelyn suffers abuse while Desmond goes to court to get his children back. A barmaid, her brother, her suitor, and a tippling footballer become Desmond's team.
A tailor living in Panama reluctantly becomes a spy for a British agent. James Bond uncovers a nuclear plot when he protects an oil heiress from her former kidnapper, an international terrorist who can't feel pain. The story of the life and work of the Canadian fur trapper-turned-conservationist who claimed to be an aboriginal North American. Two Scottish pub football teams play each other in order to resolve a century-old grudge, with the prize for the winning team being the other team's pub.
A very rich and successful playboy amuses himself by stealing artwork, but may have met his match in a seductive detective. An adventurous girl, a young blind hermit and a goofy two headed dragon race to find the lost sword Excalibur to save King Arthur and Camelot from disaster.
A little island off Ireland. A small town. An old conflict. Fresh wind. James Bond heads to stop a media mogul's plan to induce war between China and the UK in order to obtain exclusive global media coverage. Robinson Crusoe flees Britain on a ship after killing his friend over the love of Mary. A fierce ocean storm wrecks his ship and leaves him stranded by himself on an uncharted island.
Left to fend for himself, Crusoe seeks out a tentative survival on the island, until he meets Friday, a tribesman whom he saves from being sacrificed. Initially, Crusoe is thrilled to finally have a friend, but he has to defend himself against the tribe who uses the island to sacrifice tribesman to their gods. During time their relationship changes from master-slave to a mutual respected friendship despite their difference in culture and religion.
A vulcanologist arrives at a countryside town recently named the second most desirable place to live in America and discovers that the long dormant volcano, Dante's Peak, may wake up at any moment. Earth is invaded by Martians with unbeatable weapons and a cruel sense of humor. In , he made it on to the silver screen in Mrs Doubtfire.
That is definitely one of those movies for me. He had a Hawaiian shirt on and cargo pants, and his hairy arms and hairy legs hanging out. Oh, you look so handsome, oh, give us a kiss. At this point, Brosnan had already been offered the role of Bond, but had been obliged to refuse it due to his Remington Steele contract.
His iteration of Bond — sensitive, suave, serious — proved to be a huge success, critically and commercially. Why does he think there is so much resistance to recasting the role of Bond and other iconic British figures, such as the Doctor in Doctor Who as a woman or a person of colour?
He pauses and slowly taps his kitchen table. Brosnan has had a successful career since leaving the franchise — his performances in The Matador, for which he earned a Golden Globe nomination, and Mamma Mia! What does he make of the criticism of those who work with Polanski, given his rape conviction? Brosnan is silent for a full 10 seconds.
I had to be honest with myself and know that justice had been done, half undone, and went forth as an actor. He punctuates every few words with a short pause.
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