The hot topic on everyone’s lips about the famous film franchise is who is going to play James Bond himself in the new era of movies – however, one old face has put his hand up
Ageing actor Pierce Brosnan has revealed he would be “interested” in returning as a pensioner James Bond.
The 71-year-old Bond legend, who played 007 in four films from 1995 to 2002, said he would be tempted to reprise the famous role as the world travelling spy – but admitted it may be better for “fresh blood” to carry on the franchise.
He was asked whether he would be interested to take the helm again as part of a new era under Amazon’s control and said: “Of course, how could I not be interested? But it’s a delicate situation now.
Pierce admitted that he would love to go back in time as 007 for nostalgic reasons. He said: “Of course, how could I not be interested? But it’s a delicate situation now.
“It’s a rather romantic notion and idea, but I think everything changes, everything falls apart. I think that it’s best left to another man, really. Flesh blood.”
The Hollywood star said that his favourite roles are always ones that “emotionally engage” him and “emotionally turn him on”. The Irish star added: “You’re looking for something that will emotionally engage you at the beginning of the day, and still at the end of the day’s work. You are looking for the exhilaration of the endeavours of being an unexpected surprise.
“You are looking for something that will emotionally turn you on and hopefully turn the audience on. You are looking for good work that will lead you to other good work.
“The life of an actor is a very capricious game, and the actual doing of it, the actual want and desire of it is fairly straightforward and broad reaching, but the actual doing of it takes time, it takes a lifetime if you’re going to stay at the table. So yeah, you look for work that will exhilarate you.”
Brosnan added: “You look for work. Sometimes you have choices and sometimes you don’t have choices, but if you have the balls and you have the grit to do it then you will, one way or the other.
“I mean, I love what I do, and certainly now at a time in my life where I have choices and more importantly, I have the warmth and the desire to do good work, to challenge oneself, to create something that is unexpected, to create something that has value.”
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