One of the most recognisable James Bond actors and the fifth, Pierce Brosnan is easily one of the most iconic Hollywood actors alive. This week we had a mystery actor for our Sunday Night Movie poll, and our audience was right on the mark!
Here are some interesting facts about Pierce that you may not have known:
- He is Irish, born and raised in Navan, Co. Meath, Ireland.
- The first role that made him a household name in Hollywood was Remington Steele, where he played a former thief who assumes the role of a fictitious detective and partners with a female private detective.
- His first and late wife, Cassandra Harris, got to work on a James Movie before he did when she starred as Countess Lisl in For Your Eyes Only.
- It was Cassandra that introduced him to James Bond producer, Albert Broccoli, but his role as the secret agent would not happen then.
- His first Bond film was GoldenEye in 1995.
- The Bond franchise gave him a car alongside his salary with each movie he starred in.
- He has a scar on the right side of his upper lip which he got from the movie, Tomorrow Never Dies in 1997 when a stunt man hit him.
- Here is something weird, his contract with the iconic film franchise forbade him from wearing a tuxedo in any other film, during his run as James Bond.
- He is very claustrophobic, which made starring in films such as Dante’s Peak very difficult.
- He has been chosen more than once as one of People Magazine’s fifty most beautiful people in the world.
What else do you love about Pierce Brosnan?
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