The actor confesses that he was “in shock” when they called him to tell him the bad news
Everyone knows it”A New Day to Die” was the last film of Pierce Brosnan as James Bondbut the truth is that the actor had hoped to continue as Agent 007, so it was a surprise when he was told he would be fired from the project. The international star said that the adventure directed by Lee Tamahori has become the highest-grossing production of the saga so far.
“I was in shock”
At the time, in fact, there was even talk of a spin-off featuring the character of Halle Berrybut those responsible for the franchise decided to cut costs and start from scratch with a more realistic approach. The most important consequence of this was the elimination of Brosnan, who could not believe what had happened when he was told on the phone:
I was in the Bahamas working on a movie called “The Big Shot” and my agents called me and said, ‘Negotiations have stopped.’ Producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael Wilson are not sure what they want to do. ‘I’ll call next Thursday.’
I was sitting at Richard Harris’ house in the Bahamas and Barbara and Michael were on the phone: ‘We’re so sorry.’ She was crying, Michael was stoic and said, ‘You were a great James Bond. Thank you so much,’ and I said, ‘Thank you so much and goodbye.’ That was it. I was shocked at the way they left me lying in the gutter.”
What led to Pierce Brosnan being excluded from the saga?
Apparently two things happened that led to this decision. On the one hand, Brosnan’s contract had to be re…
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