Line #31 Creator/PierceBrosnan


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2	[[caption-width-right:300:The textbook definition of ''[[TheCharmer suave]]'']]
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4	->''"James Bond is one of those heroes that all guys feel they could actually be like."''
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6	Pierce Brendan Brosnan (born 16 May 1953) is an Irish actor, working since the late '70s/early '80s.
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8	Born in County Louth, UsefulNotes/{{Ireland}}, Brosnan spent the first eleven years of his life in Navan, County Meath. Brosnan was an only child. His mother worked in UsefulNotes/{{London}} as a nurse to provide for him, seeing him only once or twice a year. His biological father abandoned the family when Brosnan was a baby, so he was raised by various relatives and at a boarding house. By the age of eleven, Brosnan moved out of Ireland to live with his mother and her new husband, first living in Scotland and then going on to live in London, where Brosnan would live until his late twenties (losing his natural Irish accent in the process). One of the first films his new step-father took him to see was ''Film/{{Goldfinger}}'', which left an indelible impression on him.
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10	One of Brosnan's [[RetroactiveRecognition first film roles]] was as an IRA hitman in the film ''Film/TheLongGoodFriday''. Following this and several other small roles, including the film ''[[Literature/TheMirrorCrackdFromSideToSide The Mirror Crack'd]]'' alongside Creator/ElizabethTaylor and Rock Hudson, and a small part in an episode of ''Series/HammerHouseOfHorror'', Brosnan moved to America to pursue a film career, eventually landing the lead role in ''Series/RemingtonSteele''. Throughout his tenure on ''Remington Steele'', Brosnan was often thought of as the perfect actor for a very high-profile role...
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12	[[TheNameIsBondJamesBond Bond]], Film/JamesBond.
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14	He was offered the role twice, first in 1986 for ''Film/TheLivingDaylights'', which he had to turn down due to contractual obligations with ''Remington Steele'''s producers. He finally got to play Bond in ''Film/{{GoldenEye}}'', to great acclaim even before the film was released, and three films (''Film/TomorrowNeverDies'', ''Film/TheWorldIsNotEnough'' and ''Film/DieAnotherDay'') would follow. His first wife Cassandra Harris played Countess Lisl van Schlaf in ''Film/ForYourEyesOnly'', saying even then that he'd be perfect as Bond. Sadly, she didn't live to see it happen, passing away in 1991. Brosnan was then let go of the franchise in 2005 as the [[Creator/BarbaraBroccoli producers]] felt a [[Film/CasinoRoyale2006 fresh start]] was needed. Creator/DanielCraig succeeded him.
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16	Brosnan seems to particularly like playing flawed spies and thieves, but he's had plenty of other kinds of roles, not always with the suave sophistication he is noted for. Many sources have referred to him as a next generation Creator/CaryGrant, alongside Creator/GeorgeClooney.
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18	He has an honorary OBE for his contribution to the British Film Industry, however he's ineligible to receive the full OBE honour as he's not a citizen of the Commonwealth realms (despite having lived in UK for nearly twenty years, he never applied for citizenship there). Brosnan became an American citizen in 2004.
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20	[[folder:Filmography]]
21	* ''Film/TheLongGoodFriday'' (1980) as 1st Irishman (Brosnan's first film role)
22	* ''Literature/{{The Mirror Crackd\|FromSideToSide}}'' as Actor playing Jamie (1980, {{uncredited\|Role}})
23	* ''Series/RemingtonSteele'' (1982–1987) as Remington Steele (Brosnan's first StarMakingRole)
24	* ''Literature/TheFourthProtocol'' (1987) as Valeri Petrofsky/James Edward Ross
25	* ''[[Film/TheHeist1989 The Heist]]'' (1989) as Neil Skinner
26	* ''Film/TheLawnmowerMan'' (1992) as Lawrence Angelo
27	* ''Film/DeathTrain'' (1993) as Mike Graham
28	* ''Film/MrsDoubtfire'' (1993) as Stu Dunmeyer
29	* ''Film/LoveAffair'' (1994) as Ken Allen
30	* ''Film/JamesBond'' as James Bond: (His second StarMakingRole)
31	** ''Film/{{GoldenEye}}'' (1995)
32	** ''Film/TomorrowNeverDies'' (1997)
33	** ''Film/TheWorldIsNotEnough'' (1999)
34	** ''Film/DieAnotherDay'' (2002)
35	* ''Film/MarsAttacks'' (1995) as Professor Donald Kessler
36	* ''Film/TheMirrorHasTwoFaces'' (1996) as Alex
37	* ''Film/DantesPeak'' (1997) as Harry Dalton
38	* ''WesternAnimation/QuestForCamelot'' (1998) as King Arthur (voice)
39	* ''Film/TheNephew'' (1998) as Joe Brady
40	* ''Film/{{The Thomas Crown Affair\|1999}}'' (1999) as Thomas Crown
41	* ''Film/TheTailorOfPanama'' (2001) as Andrew Osnard
42	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' (2001) as Ultra House 3000/Himself in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS13E1TreehouseOfHorrorXII Treehouse of Horror XII]]"
43	* ''Film/AfterTheSunset'' (2004) as Max Burdett
44	* ''Film/LawsOfAttraction'' (2004) as Daniel Rafferty
45	* ''Film/TheMatador'' (2005) as Julian Noble
46	* ''Film/SeraphimFalls'' (2006) as Gideon
47	* ''Theatre/MammaMia'' as Sam Carmichael:
48	** ''Film/MammaMia'' (2008)
49	** ''Film/MammaMiaHereWeGoAgain'' (2018)
50	* ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends: WesternAnimation/TheGreatDiscovery'' (2008) as the Narrator [[note]]Brosnan was initially intended to become full-time narrator for the series proper, though this never got finalised and what work he made was redubbed.[[/note]]
51	* ''Film/TheGhostWriter'' (2010) as Adam Lang
52	* ''Film/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'' (2010) as Chiron
53	* ''Film/RememberMe'' (2010) as Charles Hawkins
54	* ''Film/SalvationBoulevard'' (2011) as Dan Day
55	* ''Film/IDontKnowHowSheDoesIt'' (2011) as Jack Abelhammer
56	* ''Film/TheWorldsEnd'' (2013) as Guy Shephard
57	* ''Film/ALongWayDown'' (2014) as Martin Sharp
58	* ''Film/TheNovemberMan'' (2014) as Peter Devereux
59	* ''Film/{{Survivor\|2015}}'' (2015) as The Watchmaker
60	* ''Film/{{No Escape\|2015}}'' (2015) as Hammond
61	* ''Film/{{The Foreigner\|2017}}'' (2017) as Liam Hennessy
62	* ''Film/FinalScore'' (2018) as Dimitri Belav
63	* ''Film/EurovisionSongContestTheStoryOfFireSaga'' (2020) as Erick Erickssong
64	* ''Film/FalsePositive'' (2021) as Dr. John Hindle
65	* ''WesternAnimation/RiverdanceTheAnimatedAdventure'' (2021) as Patrick/Grandad (voice)
66	* ''Film/{{Cinderella\|2021}}'' (2021) as King Rowan
67	* ''Film/{{Black Adam\|2022}}'' (2022) as Comicbook/DoctorFate
68	* ''[[Film/TheOutLaws2023 The Out-Laws]]'' (2023) as Billy [=McDermott=]
69	* ''Film/TheLastRifleman'' (2023) as Artie Crawford
70	* ''Film/FastCharlie'' (2023) as Charlie Swift
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73	!!Tropes relating to Pierce Brosnan's works:
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75	* AntiHero: James Bond. Brosnan also has a tendency to play loveable rogues.
76	* AscendedFanboy: The very first movie he ever saw was ''Film/{{Goldfinger}}'' and he was a fan of James Bond ever since before eventually taking on the mantle of Bond himself.
77	* TheCasanova: Quite a few of his characters really get around, most famously James Bond.
78	* ChickMagnet:
79	** His characters tend to attract the ladies even when they don't intend to. It seems to draw from real life, too, as [[http://www.theguardian.com/film/2002/jan/13/features.magazine in this interview]], a journalist asks Brosnan which gender approaches him the most among his fans, and his firm response is, "Oh women, definitely." Moreover, he and his first wife told ''TV Guide'' in an article that was published on June 9, 1984 that being a sex symbol can be very unpleasant at times because of the constant stream of unwanted attention.
80	--->'''Pierce Brosnan''': [Hollywood] is a pretty fast town and the women are terrible. Some actresses do this whole number, proposition me, right in front of my wife, and sometimes I am just so naïve that I don't get it until maybe 10 minutes later. I cannot believe the gall of these people.\
81	'''Cassandra Harris''': These women are horrible. They try to use me to become friendly with Pierce. Or else, they just cut me dead, and only want to speak to him. Sometimes I feel like bursting into tears.
82	** Brosnan inadvertently turned his ''Film/MammaMia'' co-star Creator/MerylStreep into one of his avid fangirls because she impulsively ''ripped his shirt off'' while they were filming a scene even though it was ''not'' part of the script! Even a consummate professional like Streep couldn't keep her hands off Pierce's CarpetOfVirility.
83	* CompositeCharacter: Brosnan's Bond combined attributes of his predecessors.
84	-->'''[[https://them0vieblog.com/2012/10/12/the-six-faces-of-007-pierce-brosnan/ Darren Mooney]]:''' I think Brosnan worked well as something of a 'consolidated' Film/JamesBond, offering a take on the character that seemed to draw on all four of his official predecessors in one way or another. He had Creator/SeanConnery’s [[CulturedBadass elegance and sophistication]], [[Creator/GeorgeLazenby Lazenby]]’s [[HeartbrokenBadass emotional vulnerability]], [[Creator/RogerMoore Moore]]’s [[GentlemanSnarker warmth and humour]] and [[Creator/TimothyDalton Dalton]]’s [[ByronicHero ruthlessness]].
85	* CoolOldGuy: He was 60 years old during the filming of ''Film/TheNovemberMan'', and he's still convincing as an [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jREIRTyj9Mk action hero]].
86	* DisappearedDad: His character in ''Series/RemingtonSteele'' is an orphan and an arc in the show implied that his mentor in the art of being a con man may or may not have been his father all along; and his first movie as James Bond, ''Film/{{GoldenEye}}'', was the first one to mention that Bond's parents died in a climbing accident when he was a child. Brosnan's own father up and left the family when Brosnan was just a baby. They didn't meet until ''Remington Steele'' came to Ireland for a shoot. Incidentally, Brosnan is just the [[GoodParents opposite of this]], not only being there for his own biological children but adopting and raising his late wife's children as well.
87	* EvenTheGuysWantHim: Numerous heterosexual male journalists who have interviewed Brosnan have acknowledged that he is very handsome in their articles.
88	* FakeBrit: [[invoked]] To the point of typecasting, even before he played Film/JamesBond.
89	* IAmNotSpock: [[invoked]] Even before he was cast as James Bond, he was highly identified with the character of Remington Steele.
90	* OohMeAccentsSlipping: While Brosnan's accent is noticeably an English-Irish hybrid, he has a tendency to pronounce the letter 'R' [[OireLand the Irish way]] (i.e. 'Orr' instead of 'Are'). This is noticeable in ''Series/RemingtonSteele'', where Brosnan says RKO as 'Orr-Kay-Oh'. He was thankful that Creator/JohnCleese had been promoted from R to Q for ''Film/DieAnotherDay'', as he was fearful of this trope.
91	* SilverFox: These days Brosnan's hair has grayed but his looks have certainly not faded, so his recent roles tend to be this.
92	* ScrewedByTheNetwork: [[invoked]] Brosnan first got offered the Bond role in 1986 with ''Film/TheLivingDaylights''. He did a screen test and a lot of promotional materials for the film, as well as a gunbarrel sequence but ultimately he had to give up the role when NBC, looking to capitalise on his new-found success, renewed ''Series/RemingtonSteele'' for a fifth season. Rather than let NBC ride on EON's coattails, they simply refused to let Brosnan be Bond. Fortunately, it worked out for the best, as Creator/TimothyDalton won the part (EON had been trying to get him since 1968) and Brosnan eventually got the part for ''Film/{{GoldenEye}}''.
93	* TallDarkAndHandsome: Before the reboot of the ''Film/JamesBond'' movies, being this trope was essential to play the iconic spy. Of all the actors who have portrayed 007, Brosnan looks the most like the character as Ian Fleming described him (black hair that falls into a comma over the right eye, cold blue eyes). ''People'' magazine chose the actor as "[[http://static.celebuzz.com/uploads/2012/11/15/Pierce-Brosnan-Sexiest-Man-People-Magazine11_26_01_300x4001.jpg The Sexiest Man Alive]]" in 2001.
94	* VillainProtagonist: Brosnan also has a tendency to play not-so-lovable rogues. Notably, in ''Film/TheTailorOfPanama'', he got to play something of an Anti-Bond, as Osnard is Bond taken up to eleven.
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