Pierce Brosnan uit frustraties

Naar aanleiding van het verschijnen van zijn nieuwe film The Matador werd Pierce Brosnan geïnterviewd door de Amerikaanse Playboy. Brosnan trekt in het vraaggesprek stevig van leer tegen de producers die hem te oud vonden om voor een vijfde keer in de huid van James Bond te kruipen. De Ierse acteur neemt geen blad voor de mond en verwoordt zijn frustraties in gepast jargon:

Brosnan: "I would like to see this film (

Playboy: "Where you ready to step down as James Bond?"
Brosnan: "It would have been a trip to do another one. I prepared myself to do it. I psyched myself. But they have set sail. The made their decision. They want to reinvent it and make it a period piece. The want to get a younger guy."

Playboy: "How does it feel to be told that you're too old?"
Brosnan: "It was kind of shocking to have ageism come on me when I was just getting started. It's shocking to be told that you're too old, that you're past your sell-by date."

Playboy: "Do we detect some bitterness?"
Brosnan: "It's bloody frustrating that the fuckers pulled the rug when they did. It was like, "Come on, we're family here. You talk about being a family. You know my late wife; you know my family now. Yet I get a call from my agents at five in the afternoon in the Bahamas, and I hear that you've shut down negotiations because you don't know how, where or which way to go and that you'll call me next Friday?" What can I say? It's cold, it's juvenile, and it shouldn't be done like that, not after 10 years and four films."

Ook George Lazenby (de vergeten acteur die één keer James Bond mocht spelen) krijgt nog een veeg uit de pan:

Playboy: "How about George Lazenby, who played 007 in On Her Majesty's Secret Service? He once said about you, "If he walked into a room, I doubt anyone would look up. But this is the 1990s and women want a man who shows his feminine side. Pierce definitely has that."
Brosnan: "George is just an angry, old, pissed-off guy. He was never an actor but some pissed-off Aussie who doesn't know how to show his feminine side. I met him, and he's got that kind of brittle edge to him. People want to take swipes. I have no idea why."

Het volledige interview is te lezen in het decembernummer van de Playboy.



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