{"id":3759,"date":"2025-06-03T15:30:12","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T15:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nichesitetool.com\/?p=3759"},"modified":"2025-06-12T12:18:50","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T12:18:50","slug":"james-bond-star-pierce-brosnans-wonderful-choice-for-new-007-actor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nichesitetool.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/03\/james-bond-star-pierce-brosnans-wonderful-choice-for-new-007-actor\/","title":{"rendered":"James Bond star Pierce Brosnan\u2019s \u2018wonderful\u2019 choice for new 007 actor"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Former James Bond star Pierce Brosnan has thrown his weight behind an actor for the role (Picture: Getty\/Rex)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Pierce Brosnan<\/a> has given an indication as to who his pick for the next James Bond<\/a> is, calling the actor \u2018wonderful\u2019.<\/p>\n

The 72-year-old star, who held 007\u2019s licence to kill<\/a> from 1995\u2019s GoldenEye to 2002\u2019s Die Another Day \u2013 making four films in total as the suave spy \u2013 was initially reluctant to say.<\/p>\n

\u2018I have no picks. I shall leave it open to the powers that be,\u2019 he initially began, adding: \u2018It’s a very exciting moment in the history of James Bond. Now that Barbara [Broccoli] and Michael [G Wilson] have relinquished the reins of it.\u2019<\/p>\n

However, when The Hollywood Reporter<\/a> asked how his MobLand co-star Tom Hardy<\/a> could do in the role, Brosnan laughingly changed his tune.<\/p>\n

\u2018Oh! Tom would be wonderful,\u2019 he agreed.<\/p>\n

\u2018There\u2019s so many great actors out there who could portray this character. I have no idea who, I have no idea. I wish whoever it is great success.\u2019<\/p>\n

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While the 007 actor is careful not to pick favourites, he couldn’t help but back his co-star Tom Hardy as a contender (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Bond franchise is now under the full creative control of Amazon MGM Studios<\/a>, after the Broccoli family, its long-term producers through parent studio Eon, ceded that power earlier this year.<\/p>\n

Amazon had previously acquired the rights to the franchise through Eon, founded in 1961, when it bought MGM in 2022<\/strong><\/a> for $8.45billion (\u00a36.24bn).<\/p>\n

But Broccoli and Wilson retained final say on key production issues such as casting until February, when it\u2019s thought Amazon paid over $1billion (\u00a3739.3million) to buy those rights from them.<\/p>\n

Venom star Hardy, 47, has long been a favourite candidate for the coveted role of Bond in fans\u2019 eyes.<\/p>\n

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The pair star together in Paramount Plus gangster series MobLand (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As well as routinely featuring in betting companies\u2019 odds<\/a>, he sparked a wave of support once more last summer, when Venom: The Last Dance\u2019s trailer showed him suited up in black tie<\/a>, adjusting his cuff as he walked \u2013 a very Craig-era Bond thing to do.<\/p>\n

\u2018Tom Hardy in a tux is just teasing us for his supposed James Bond gig\u2026 man what an actor,\u2019 tweeted fan Sandra on X at the time, while Ally Keyoni was more insistent in her choice, writing: \u2018CAST TOM HARDY AS JAMES BOND RN.\u2019<\/p>\n

Brosnan has been cautious of saying too much in this era of change for his beloved character, but he did previously suggest that he could be interested in returning to the role himself<\/a> as a ‘romantic notion’.<\/p>\n

However, he added to GQ<\/a> that he felt it \u2018was best left to another man, really. Fresh blood\u2019.<\/p>\n

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Brosnan, now 72, played Bond for four films from 1995 to 2002 (Picture: Keith Hamshere\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Hardy, 47, has always had a lot of support for the role – and while previous producers were looking for someone in their 30s, it could be different with Amazon in control (Picture: EPA-EFE\/Rex\/Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In MobLand, Hardy plays Harry De Souza, a fixer for Harrigan crime family, led by Conrad (Brosnan) and Maeve (Dame Helen Mirren).<\/p>\n

The series is co-directed and executive produced by Guy Ritchie.<\/p>\n

Despite being Irish himself, Brosnan has faced criticism over his accent<\/a> in the show, which has been branded \u2018offensive\u2019 by some.<\/p>\n

Having his say on the backlash<\/a>, the Drogheda-native previously told Radio Times<\/strong><\/a>: \u2018My own accent is very soft, Conrad\u2019s accent is a million miles away from me.\u2019<\/p>\n

Shedding light on his inspiration for the accent, Pierce explained that it was taken from someone suggested by his dialect coach.<\/p>\n

\u2018I told him that I needed a Kerry accent, so he gave me the name of a man and I googled the guy and that was it,\u2019 he added.<\/p>\n

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Irish actor Brosnan, famously a non-English pick for 007, recently came under fire for his Irish accent in MobLand (Picture: Paramount Plus)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u2018It was a Kerry accent and so, I just gave it full tilt.\u2019<\/p>\n

Brosnan will next be seen in Netflix\u2019s eagerly anticipated adaptation of Richard Osman\u2019s novel The Thursday Murder Club<\/a>, again opposite Dame Helen, as well as Sir Ben Kingsley and Celia Imrie.<\/p>\n

The quartet star as retirees who spend their free time solving cold cases for the pure fun of it, but things take a murderous turn when they are thrown into a real crime on their doorstep.<\/p>\n

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