{"id":109259,"date":"2025-10-28T23:16:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T23:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/109259\/"},"modified":"2025-10-28T23:16:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T23:16:08","slug":"pierce-brosnan-responds-to-james-bond-return-rumors-in-denis-villeneuves-reboot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/109259\/","title":{"rendered":"Pierce Brosnan Responds to James Bond Return Rumors in Denis Villeneuve\u2019s Reboot"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pierce Brosnan<\/a>, one of the most beloved incarnations of James Bond, says he isn\u2019t closing the door on returning to the franchise. The 72-year-old actor, who played 007 across four films from GoldenEye<\/a> to Die Another Day, recently stated in an interview he\u2019d come back \u201cin a heartbeat\u201d if Dune and Sicario filmmaker Denis Villeneuve<\/a> approached him to be part of the next Bond installment. Brosnan, who first donned the tuxedo in 1995, added that he and his wife, Keely Shaye Brosnan, have talked about the rumors swirling around who will be the next 007.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy wife Keely and I have been listening to the drumbeat of expectation of who’s going to be the next James Bond. There are many great candidates out there, and I’m sure they’re going to make it a spectacle of delight.\u201d<\/p>\n

But if Villeneuve came calling, Brosnan wouldn\u2019t hesitate \u2014 even if it meant embracing a very different kind of Bond<\/a>, a retired 007.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don’t think anyone wants to see a craggy, 72-year-old Bond. But if Villeneuve had something up his sleeve I would look at it in a heartbeat. Why not? It’s great entertainment. It could be lots of laughs. Bald caps, prosthetics\u2026 who knows?\u201d<\/p>\n

How Was Pierce Brosnan Fired as James Bond?<\/p>\n

Brosnan\u2019s final appearance as Bond<\/a> came in 2002\u2019s Die Another Day, a film that ended his tenure with a surprisingly abrupt goodbye. Speaking candidly about his departure, Brosnan recalled being blindsided by Eon Productions<\/a>\u2019 decision to let him go just as talks began for his fifth outing.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was in the Bahamas working on After the Sunset when my agents called me and said, \u2018Negotiations have stopped.’ Barbara [Broccoli] and Michael [G. Wilson] were not quite sure what they wanted to do next with the franchise. They said, \u2018They\u2019ll call you next Thursday.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

That call didn\u2019t bring good news for Brosnan, who very quickly learned that his time as the world’s most famous spy was coming to an end.<\/p>\n

\u201cI sat in Richard Harris\u2019 house in the Bahamas, and Barbara and Michael were on the line. [They said]: \u2018We\u2019re so sorry,\u2019\u201d Brosnan recalled. \u201cBarbara was crying. Michael was stoic and he said: \u2018You were a great James Bond. Thank you very much.\u2019 And I said: \u2018Thank you very much. Goodbye.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

He added, \u201cThat was it. I was utterly shocked and just kicked to the curb with the way it went down.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pierce Brosnan’s James Bond movies are available to stream on Prime Video.<\/p>\n

\"Goldeneye<\/p>\n

Release Date<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNovember 16, 1995<\/p>\n

Runtime<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t130 minutes<\/p>\n

Writers<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIan Fleming, Michael France, Jeffrey Caine, Bruce Feirstein<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pierce Brosnan, one of the most beloved incarnations of James Bond, says he isn\u2019t closing the door on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":109260,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[93,61,60,270],"class_list":["post-109259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-movies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109259"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109259\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}