Bros on Craig

[BondFan007]

The Daily Mirror asked Brosnan what he thought about Daniel Craig's debut performace as 007. "He’s the greatest ever, and deservedly so," enthuses Brosnan, whose latest film, Seraphim Falls, is out today in the UK. "I’m proud and still honoured that I was part of that legacy, but I thought Daniel was a great choice. I have no regrets – I just would have loved to do the thing myself. I don’t have any hard feelings over it."

http://www.mi6.co.uk/sections/articles/ ... php3?t=&s=

[Kristatos]

"I don’t have any hard feelings over it."

He said through clenched teeth, while strangling a chicken.

[Jedi007]

He said through clenched teeth, while strangling a chicken.

You always made me laugh Kris.

[Captain Nash]

I'm sure some of you could use one of these, too wipe away those tears.
Brosnan goes on record to say he thinks DC did a great job, and he's fine with the situation.
Good on ya Pierce. A top bloke as usual.

[stockslivevan]

When Daniel Craig is complimented by his predecessors as a good James Bond, does their opinion not matter? They all played Bond, they know the role well enough to believe who is right or wrong for it.

Say one of them says "Daniel Craig is wrong for the role" you'd all go throwing a DCINB party. But when they say the opposite, is it acknowledged or completely ignored as if their judgement doesn't hold water?

[Commander 0077]

While I can't peer into PB's brain, I would like to speculate :

If PB is a Bond fan (and he has said he is), he has an understanding of what Bond should be. I can infer from his performance as Bond that 007 (to him) is someone who actually looks good in a tux, urbane and all that (we know the cliches but they're our cliches ) .... And so he views the latest incarnation. Does he accept Craig as Bond of the books and the previous films? As a Bond fan, I would think not.

From this, I would take his comments with grains of salt. He's just being a gentleman. What could he say (if he didn't like Craig as Bond)? It would sound like sour grapes (that is, if grapes can talk)

Some will say, Ah you guys, you want it both ways. If Lois Maxwell says she doesn't like Craig, then you all jump on that. But if Brozzy says the opposite, you create wild scenarios.

However, Maxwell had nothing to lose by giving her opinions. But PB would lose a lot (image-wise) if he said, "That Daniel! That Babbbs! Wah (!), they lodged in all up for the franchise."

It would have been more reflective if PB had said, "I think he's a fine actor in a difficult role."

Another thought, it also sounds like irony. Note 'the greatest Bond' comment. He's said he thought Connery was the best Bond. Now, he's saying that Craig is better than everyone, including the Elvis of Bonds?

[The Sweeney]

While I can't peer into PB's brain, I would like to speculate :

If PB is a Bond fan (and he has said he is), he has an understanding of what Bond should be. I can infer from his performance as Bond that 007 (to him) is someone who actually looks good in a tux, urbane and all that (we know the cliches but they're our cliches ) .... And so he views the latest incarnation. Does he accept Craig as Bond of the books and the previous films? As a Bond fan, I would think not.

From this, I would take his comments with grains of salt. He's just being a gentleman. What could he say (if he didn't like Craig as Bond)? It would sound like sour grapes (that is, if grapes can talk)

Some will say, Ah you guys, you want it both ways. If Lois Maxwell says she doesn't like Craig, then you all jump on that. But if Brozzy says the opposite, you create wild scenarios.

However, Maxwell had nothing to lose by giving her opinions. But PB would lose a lot (image-wise) if he said, "That Daniel! That Babbbs! Wah (!), they lodged in all up for the franchise."

It would have been more reflective if PB had said, "I think he's a fine actor in a difficult role."

Another thought, it also sounds like irony. Note 'the greatest Bond' comment. He's said he thought Connery was the best Bond. Now, he's saying that Craig is better than everyone, including the Elvis of Bonds?

His original comments on Connery was before CR, so that makes perfect sense. And the fact that he thinks Craig is now the best Bond ever, speaks volumes. Going a bit too far don't you think, for a man with sour grapes? He could have just said, `Oh yes, he is fine in the role' if he was thinking the opposite. But he didn't.

[stockslivevan]

Exactly Sweeny, no one is forcing him to say something profoundly positive of Craig. He's being honest about it and if he thought otherwise he would have probably said "yeah he was good" or say nothing at all. Saying "he was great" isn't exactly modest.

[james stock]

I think maybe be Brosnan was being diplomatic, i really think he knew little about being replaced, i think he may have expected a inproved pay deal for the next film and then found himself surplus to requirements

[The Sweeney]

I think maybe be Brosnan was being diplomatic, i really think he knew little about being replaced, i think he may have expected a inproved pay deal for the next film and then found himself surplus to requirements

Being diplomatic by going on the record saying Craig is the best Bond ever.....

Yeah, whatever!

[Kristatos]

He said through clenched teeth, while strangling a chicken.

You always made me laugh Kris.

I aim to please.

[Jedi007]

His original comments on Connery was before CR, so that makes perfect sense. And the fact that he thinks Craig is now the best Bond ever, speaks volumes. Going a bit too far don't you think, for a man with sour grapes? He could have just said, `Oh yes, he is fine in the role' if he was thinking the opposite. But he didn't.

First, Moore and Dalton is uglier than Craig, now Craig is better than Connery. Why?... because he can punch and kick a person to death, while being unrefined, ungentlemanly, can crash through walls, craggy-faced, and a modern agent ala Greengrass's Bourne. Wow. Very Flemingesque. And some of you call yourself a Fleming expert.

[The Sweeney]

His original comments on Connery was before CR, so that makes perfect sense. And the fact that he thinks Craig is now the best Bond ever, speaks volumes. Going a bit too far don't you think, for a man with sour grapes? He could have just said, `Oh yes, he is fine in the role' if he was thinking the opposite. But he didn't.

First, Moore and Dalton is uglier than Craig, now Craig is better than Connery. Why?... because he can punch and kick a person to death, while being unrefined, ungentlemanly, can crash through walls, craggy-faced, and a modern agent ala Greengrass's Bourne. Wow. Very Flemingesque. And some of you call yourself a Fleming expert.

I'm a massive fan of the Fleming novels. Does that make me a Fleming expert....?

[Dr. No]

aw come on. This is kiss and make up time. Not testifying before congress under oath.

Brosnan has to distance himself from some of his fans (who are still upset about this) because it looks bad, unprofessional if he looked to be encouraging it.

Still never says he watched CR, he recycles the PR spin.
Not long before he was still "visibly upset" when talking about Bond in a interview.

Once Craig is gone it is going to be different playing field and the new guy will be the anointed one and Criag will be trashed.
My guess is once DC is given the boot or quits, people will come out of the woodwork criticizing the overall tone of Craig's spy.

[The Sweeney]

aw come on. This is kiss and make up time. Not testifying before congress under oath.

Brosnan has to distance himself from some of his fans (who are still upset about this) because it looks bad, unprofessional if he looked to be encouraging it.

Still never says he watched CR, he recycles the PR spin.
Not long before he was still "visibly upset" when talking about Bond in a interview.

Once Craig is gone it is going to be different playing field and the new guy will be the anointed one and Criag will be trashed.
My guess is once DC is given the boot or quits, people will come out of the woodwork criticizing the overall tone of Craig's spy.

I know most of you on here would love that to happen, but honestly, I really cannot see that happening, the way things are right now.

[Dr. No]

aw come on. This is kiss and make up time. Not testifying before congress under oath.

Brosnan has to distance himself from some of his fans (who are still upset about this) because it looks bad, unprofessional if he looked to be encouraging it.

Still never says he watched CR, he recycles the PR spin.
Not long before he was still "visibly upset" when talking about Bond in a interview.

Once Craig is gone it is going to be different playing field and the new guy will be the anointed one and Criag will be trashed.
My guess is once DC is given the boot or quits, people will come out of the woodwork criticizing the overall tone of Craig's spy.

I know most of you on here would love that to happen, but honestly, I really cannot see that happening, the way things are right now.

but it is going to happen, sooner or later. Just because you can't foresee the possibility doesn't mean it isn't accurate

[The Sweeney]

aw come on. This is kiss and make up time. Not testifying before congress under oath.

Brosnan has to distance himself from some of his fans (who are still upset about this) because it looks bad, unprofessional if he looked to be encouraging it.

Still never says he watched CR, he recycles the PR spin.
Not long before he was still "visibly upset" when talking about Bond in a interview.

Once Craig is gone it is going to be different playing field and the new guy will be the anointed one and Criag will be trashed.
My guess is once DC is given the boot or quits, people will come out of the woodwork criticizing the overall tone of Craig's spy.

I know most of you on here would love that to happen, but honestly, I really cannot see that happening, the way things are right now.

but it is going to happen, sooner or later. Just because you can't foresee the possibility doesn't mean it isn't accurate

Why is it going to happen sooner or later? What you have said isn't accurate either.....

[Jedi007]

Pierce Brosnan is the first to admit his disappointment at not getting one more shot at the James Bond role, but the defiant Irish star has emerged with all guns blazing, literally.

‘I wanted to do a fifth bond.’

Pierce’s GoldenEye for meatier roles

Pierce Brosnan swap his tuxedo for chaps in his new film and explains to Eileen Condon why he's disappointed he was dropped as Bond

Pierce Brosnan is the first to admit his disappointment at not getting one more shot at the James Bond role, but the defiant Irish star has emerged with all guns blazing, literally.

The former 007 hero is starring in his first Western movie, Seraphim Falls, and says it's a boyhood dream come true.

"Doing a Western has always been top of my list," he said. "I've always wanted to do one. I have murky memories of watching black and white movies as a child at the Palace Cinema in Navan, Ireland, and Clint Eastwood in the Man With No Name movies. A Fistful Of Dollars and The Good, The Bad And The Ugly had the biggest wallop for me as a cinemagoer."

The film, which also stars Liam Neeson and Angelica Houston, is set at the end of the American Civil War and tells the story of two bitter enemies, Colonel Morsman Carver (Neeson) and Gideon (Brosnan), and their relentless, bloody quest for revenge.

The action-packed drama, which was filmed on location in Santa Fe, meant Pierce had to get back in the saddle and, at 55 years old, he admits there were gruelling moments out on the prairie.

"I used to ride a lot, so I've always been fond of horses, but I had not been up on a horse in about 10 years," he said. "It was a very physical shoot. We were in constant motion and it was bitterly cold."

Nowhere more so than a freezing cold waterfall which Pierce had to wade through.

"That was pretty intense," he said. "But it's all part of the craic. You have to be up for the game because you've read the script and you've signed on. You just try not to whinge about it."

"There's always a good whisky waiting at the other end, or maybe more than one whisky," he added.

It's this blend of pure professionalism and have-a-go attitude which made Pierce one of the most popular James Bonds to date.

He donned the famous tuxedo for more than a decade and introduced a whole new generation to 007 with hit films such as GoldenEye and Tomorrow Never Dies.

So it came as some surprise when the Bond makers suddenly pulled the plug on Pierce - a decision he claims he knew nothing about and one which left him just a little shaken and stirred.

He said: "I thought I'd do a fifth Bond. I wanted to do a fifth Bond.

"But I got a call from my agents saying the producers had changed their minds, which is their prerogative, but it was very disappointing and I was in shock for about 24 hours."

He added: "It's shocking to be told that you're too old; you're past your sell-by date. But you know, you have to let these things go."

Pierce says he would have loved to have starred in Casino Royale.

"Casino Royale formed the blueprint of Bond's character," he said.

"It's the one Fleming really painted in the details of what Bond was about, so I was disappointed it didn't happen, but you win some, you lose some.

"Towards the end, I did want to break out of the mould," he says of the iconic superspy. "I was always aware when I took the role if I got it right I would be labelled as Bond.

"I should have challenged myself sooner," he admits. "But I was getting away with looking like Mr Sleek and Mr Suave and it paid the rent for a while. But there has always been the nagging question of when I was going to find some dramas, good comedies and darker pieces.

"I had a glorious time as Bond and now it's time to experiment and try things out."

He's currently shooting edgy thriller Butterfly On A Wheel and looks set to voice Thomas The Tank Engine in a big screen version of the children's series.

http://commanderbond.net/components/qui ... item=42553

[stockslivevan]

Jedi007, what does that article have to do with the subject of this thread?

[007]

Pierce Brosnan is the first to admit his disappointment at not getting one more shot at the James Bond role, but the defiant Irish star has emerged with all guns blazing, literally.

‘I wanted to do a fifth bond.’

Pierce’s GoldenEye for meatier roles

Pierce Brosnan swap his tuxedo for chaps in his new film and explains to Eileen Condon why he's disappointed he was dropped as Bond

Pierce Brosnan is the first to admit his disappointment at not getting one more shot at the James Bond role, but the defiant Irish star has emerged with all guns blazing, literally.

The former 007 hero is starring in his first Western movie, Seraphim Falls, and says it's a boyhood dream come true.

"Doing a Western has always been top of my list," he said. "I've always wanted to do one. I have murky memories of watching black and white movies as a child at the Palace Cinema in Navan, Ireland, and Clint Eastwood in the Man With No Name movies. A Fistful Of Dollars and The Good, The Bad And The Ugly had the biggest wallop for me as a cinemagoer."

The film, which also stars Liam Neeson and Angelica Houston, is set at the end of the American Civil War and tells the story of two bitter enemies, Colonel Morsman Carver (Neeson) and Gideon (Brosnan), and their relentless, bloody quest for revenge.

The action-packed drama, which was filmed on location in Santa Fe, meant Pierce had to get back in the saddle and, at 55 years old, he admits there were gruelling moments out on the prairie.

"I used to ride a lot, so I've always been fond of horses, but I had not been up on a horse in about 10 years," he said. "It was a very physical shoot. We were in constant motion and it was bitterly cold."

Nowhere more so than a freezing cold waterfall which Pierce had to wade through.

"That was pretty intense," he said. "But it's all part of the craic. You have to be up for the game because you've read the script and you've signed on. You just try not to whinge about it."

"There's always a good whisky waiting at the other end, or maybe more than one whisky," he added.

It's this blend of pure professionalism and have-a-go attitude which made Pierce one of the most popular James Bonds to date.

He donned the famous tuxedo for more than a decade and introduced a whole new generation to 007 with hit films such as GoldenEye and Tomorrow Never Dies.

So it came as some surprise when the Bond makers suddenly pulled the plug on Pierce - a decision he claims he knew nothing about and one which left him just a little shaken and stirred.

He said: "I thought I'd do a fifth Bond. I wanted to do a fifth Bond.

"But I got a call from my agents saying the producers had changed their minds, which is their prerogative, but it was very disappointing and I was in shock for about 24 hours."

He added: "It's shocking to be told that you're too old; you're past your sell-by date. But you know, you have to let these things go."

Pierce says he would have loved to have starred in Casino Royale.

"Casino Royale formed the blueprint of Bond's character," he said.

"It's the one Fleming really painted in the details of what Bond was about, so I was disappointed it didn't happen, but you win some, you lose some.

"Towards the end, I did want to break out of the mould," he says of the iconic superspy. "I was always aware when I took the role if I got it right I would be labelled as Bond.

"I should have challenged myself sooner," he admits. "But I was getting away with looking like Mr Sleek and Mr Suave and it paid the rent for a while. But there has always been the nagging question of when I was going to find some dramas, good comedies and darker pieces.

"I had a glorious time as Bond and now it's time to experiment and try things out."

He's currently shooting edgy thriller Butterfly On A Wheel and looks set to voice Thomas The Tank Engine in a big screen version of the children's series.

http://commanderbond.net/components/qui ... item=42553

I don't think Broccoli ever liked Brosnan.