{"id":643088,"date":"2026-05-02T13:33:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T13:33:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/643088\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T13:33:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T13:33:15","slug":"pierce-brosnan-undergoes-major-transformation-as-boxing-trainer-in-giant-movie-trailer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/643088\/","title":{"rendered":"Pierce Brosnan undergoes major transformation as boxing trainer in ‘Giant’ movie trailer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pierce Brosnan looks unrecognizable in the trailer for his newest movie<\/a>, \u201cGiant.\u201d<\/p>\n

The \u201cBond\u201d actor, 72, underwent a major transformation for the role of Brendan Ingle \u2014 complete with a white, thinning combover and glasses \u2014 in the sports biopic. <\/p>\n

In the trailer, which was released on Friday, Brosnan picks up a young boy as his boxing proteg\u00e9 and teaches him to become a boxing champion, with fame eventually becoming a catalyst for a rift between the mentor and his student.<\/p>\n

Pierce Brosnan underwent a major transformation to take on the role of Brendan Ingle in the upcoming film, \u201cGiant.\u201d (Pictured above is a still showing Brosnan as he stands behind his co-star Amir El Masry from the film\u2019s trailer). Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n

Brosnan sported an older appearance in the trailer (seen above), complete with thinning white hair styled in a combover. Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n

Executive produced by Sylvester Stallone, the film chronicles the life of Naseem \u201cNaz\u201d Hamed from his \u201chumble beginnings on the tough working class streets of Sheffield\u201d to his discovery by Brendan Ingle (Brosnan), a steel worker turned boxing trainer. <\/p>\n

\u201cTheir unlikely partnership along with Naz\u2019s unorthodox style, cocky persona and sheer dominance in the ring propelled them to the top of boxing\u2019s elite and unprecedented levels of global superstardom, all in the face of the rampant Islamophobia and racism of 80\u2019s and 90\u2019s Britain,\u201d reads a synopsis, per Deadline<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Brosnan is joined by Amir El-Masry (who portrays Hamed as a young adult), Katherine Dow Blyton, Ali Saleh, Ghaith Saleh and Toby Stephens among the cast.<\/p>\n

The film follows the true story of Naseem \u201cNaz\u201d Hamed and his rise to a boxing champion under Ingles\u2019 tutelage. (Pictured above is Katherine Dow Blyton and Brosnan in a still from the movie). Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n

\u201cTheir unlikely partnership along with Naz\u2019s unorthodox style, cocky persona and sheer dominance in the ring propelled them to the top of boxing\u2019s elite,\u201d reads the movie\u2019s synopsis. (Seen above is a poster for the film). Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n

The real Ingle died in 2018 of a brain hemorrhage. He was 77 years old. (Seen above is Brosnan as Ingle in the trailer for \u201cGiant\u201d). Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n

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Hamed, now 52, is a celebrated British-Yemeni former boxer. The peak of his career was from 1992 to 2002. He held several featherweight world championships between 1995 and 2000.<\/p>\n

The real Ingle died in 2018 of a brain hemorrhage at age 77. in addition to Hamed, he trained three other world champions: Johnny Nelson, Junior Witter and Kell Brook.<\/p>\n

During his boxing career, Ingle competed as a professional middleweight boxer. At one point, he made his mark as the eighth best boxer in the UK, according to the BBC.<\/a><\/p>\n

In 1998, Ingle was made a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire for his contribution to boxing in England and his mentorship of young people in Sheffield.<\/p>\n

Brosnan first gave fans a glimpse at his upcoming performance in 2024, when he was captured in photos while working on set (pictured above). \/ SplashNews.com<\/p>\n

The pictures showed the actor sporting a blue tracksuit as he walked about the set, as seen here. \/ SplashNews.com<\/p>\n

Fans first got a glimpse of Brosnan stepping into the role in 2024, when he was photographed in character<\/a> walking on the film set. <\/p>\n

The snapshots showed Brosnan strolling around in a blue tracksuit, an aged face with wrinkles and a frail elderly appearance \u2014 a stark contrast from his typical James Bond-esque flair.<\/p>\n

Just like in the trailer, he wore a thin pair of glasses and styled his white hair in a combover.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pierce Brosnan looks unrecognizable in the trailer for his newest movie, \u201cGiant.\u201d The \u201cBond\u201d actor, 72, underwent a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":643089,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[12374,49,48,361,362,75,337,24772,1556],"class_list":["post-643088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-actors","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-celebrities","tag-celebrity-news","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-pierce-brosnan","tag-trailers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/643088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=643088"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/643088\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/643089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=643088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=643088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=643088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}