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Post by SecondBestHolly on Aug 18, 2005 8:40:57 GMT
A single, surprising phone call and it was over. That's how Pierce Brosnan says he learned that his services as James Bond would no longer be required. "One phone call, that's all it took!" the 52-year-old actor tells Entertainment Weekly magazine in its Aug. 19 issue.
Brosnan starred in four Bond films. He says that before they stopped negotiations, the producers had invited him back for a fifth time.
"You know, the movie career for me really started with Bond," says Brosnan, acknowledging that by the time "GoldenEye" premiered in 1995, he was already 42.
He then starred as 007 in "Tomorrow Never Dies" (1997), "The World Is Not Enough" (1999) and "Die Another Day" (2002).
His departure from the role was a "titanic jolt to the system," says Brosnan, followed by "a great sense of calm."
"I thought. ... I can do anything I want to do now. I'm not beholden to them or anyone. I'm not shackled by some contracted image. So there was a sense of liberation."
Brosnan says he's grateful to have had the role, but adds: "It never felt real to me. I never felt I had complete ownership over Bond. Because you'd have these stupid one-liners - which I loathed - and I always felt phony doing them."
He plays a foulmouthed, skirt-chasing hit man in the upcoming film "The Matador."
"(For this) to come on the heels of my departure from the world of Bond is sweet grace, to play this one as a farewell to that chapter in time - it certainly wasn't planned."
Still hope for Julian!!
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Post by Angel on Aug 21, 2005 8:11:44 GMT
It would be awesome is Julian was James Bond
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Post by charmedcabbage on Aug 21, 2005 14:36:53 GMT
*crosses fingers* Thanks for sharing!
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Post by piperhaliwell29 on Aug 28, 2005 17:55:28 GMT
Julian would be a geart bond because he just looks like a great bond.
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Post by charmedcabbage on Sept 3, 2005 18:44:42 GMT
that is the second time i read that title wrong... i though it said the julian was out for def.. oh dear, man i hope he is the new bond!!
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Post by Angel on Sept 4, 2005 8:04:43 GMT
GO Julian
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Post by SecondBestHolly on Sept 9, 2005 18:46:43 GMT
GO JULIAN!!! Wooooey!
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