Editing Pierce Brosnan (section)

=== James Bond ===
====1987 offer====
[[File:PierceBrosnanCannesPhoto2 b.jpg|thumb|upright=0.7|left|alt=Smiling man with short, tousled hair, wearing white shirt open at collar, and black jacket.|Brosnan at the [[2002 Cannes Film Festival]]]]

Brosnan first met James Bond film producer [[Albert R. Broccoli]] on the sets of ''[[For Your Eyes Only (film)|For Your Eyes Only]]'', as his first wife, [[Cassandra Harris]], had been cast as Countess Lisl von Schlaf, mistress to Milos Columbo. Broccoli said, "if he can act&nbsp;... he's my guy" to inherit the role of Bond from [[Roger Moore]].<ref name="klast" /> It was reported by both ''[[Entertainment Tonight]]'' and the ''[[National Enquirer]]'' that Brosnan was going to inherit another role of Moore's, that of [[Simon Templar]] in ''[[The Saint (TV series)|The Saint]]''.<ref name="klast" /> Brosnan denied the rumours in July 1993 but added, "it's still languishing there on someone's desk in Hollywood."<ref>{{cite journal |journal=Orange Coast |title=Pierce Brosnan: Urbane Leading Man |last=Belson |first=Eve |date=July 1993}}</ref>

In 1986, [[NBC]] cancelled ''Remington Steele''. As Brosnan was offered the role of James Bond, the publicity improved ''Remington Steele''{{'}}s ratings and it was renewed, contractually requiring Brosnan to return to the show. This caused Eon Productions to have to look elsewhere for the new 007.<ref name="klast" />{{r|broeske19880221}} The producers instead hired [[Timothy Dalton]] for ''[[The Living Daylights]]'' (1987) and ''[[Licence to Kill]]'' (1989).<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Broccoli |first1=Albert R |last2=Zec |first2=Donald |author-link1=Albert R. Broccoli |author-link2=Donald Zec |title=When the Snow Melts: The Autobiography of Cubby Broccoli |year=1998 |publisher=[[Macmillan Publishers|Boxtree]] |location=London, England |isbn=978-0-7522-1162-6 |pages=280–281}}</ref> While Brosnan was reluctant to discuss losing the Bond role, in part because Dalton was a friend, he appeared in [[Diet Coke]] commercials portraying what the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' described as "a dashing Bond-like character", and NBC advertised ''Noble House'' with Brosnan dressed in a Bond-like tuxedo.<ref name="broeske19880221">{{Cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-02-21-ca-44012-story.html |title='Noble House' Hype: NBC's Heavy Artillery |last=Broeske |first=Pat H. |date=21 February 1988 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=17 April 2020 |archive-date=28 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160528181203/http://articles.latimes.com/1988-02-21/entertainment/ca-44012_1_noble-house |url-status=live }}</ref>

====Being Bond====
Legal disputes between the Bond producers and the studio over distribution rights resulted in the cancellation of a proposed third Dalton film in 1991<ref>{{Cite book |last=Chapman |first=James |title=Licence to Thrill: A Cultural History of the James Bond Films |year=2000 |publisher=[[Columbia University Press]] |location=New York City |isbn=978-0-231-12048-7 |page=[https://archive.org/details/licencesictothri00chap/page/247 247] |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/licencesictothri00chap/page/247 }}</ref> and put the Bond series on a hiatus for several years. After the legal issues had been resolved, Dalton decided not to return for a third film. On 7 June 1994, Brosnan was announced as the fifth actor to play Bond.<ref name="klast" />

Brosnan was signed for a three-film Bond deal with the option of a fourth. The first, 1995's ''[[GoldenEye]]'', grossed US$350 million worldwide,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=main&id=goldeneye.htm |title=GoldenEye |access-date=15 November 2006 |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |archive-date=1 October 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071001000500/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=main&id=goldeneye.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> the fourth-highest worldwide gross of any film in 1995,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?view2=worldwide&yr=1995&p=.htm |title=1995 Worldwide Grosses |access-date=24 November 2006 |work=[[Box Office Mojo]] |archive-date=15 November 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061115010552/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?view2=worldwide&yr=1995&p=.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> making it the most successful Bond film since ''[[Moonraker (film)|Moonraker]]'', adjusted for inflation.<ref name="nos">{{cite web |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/series/JamesBond.php |title=Box Office History for James Bond Movies |access-date=18 October 2007 |work=The Numbers |publisher=Nash Information Service |archive-date=16 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120316020739/http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/series/JamesBond.php |url-status=live }}</ref> It holds a 78% rating on [[Rotten Tomatoes]],<ref name="rt">{{cite web |work=Rotten Tomatoes |title=GoldenEye (1995) |url=https://rottentomatoes.com/m/goldeneye/ |access-date=16 November 2006 |archive-date=12 November 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061112171329/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/goldeneye/ |url-status=live }}</ref> while ''[[Metacritic]]'' holds it at 65%.<ref name="mc">{{cite web |work=metacritic.com |title=GoldenEye |url=https://www.metacritic.com/video/titles/goldeneye |access-date=24 November 2006 |archive-date=23 January 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070123072344/http://www.metacritic.com/video/titles/goldeneye |url-status=dead }}</ref> In the ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'', [[Roger Ebert]] gave the film 3 stars out of 4, saying that Brosnan's Bond was "somehow more sensitive, more vulnerable, more psychologically complete" than the previous ones, also commenting on Bond's "loss of innocence" since previous films.<ref>{{cite news |title=GoldenEye |url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19951117/REVIEWS/511170303/1023 |date=17 November 1995 |first=Roger |last=Ebert |author-link=Roger Ebert |newspaper=[[Chicago Sun-Times]] |location=Chicago, Illinois |access-date=16 November 2006 |archive-date=5 January 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070105090622/http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F19951117%2FREVIEWS%2F511170303%2F1023 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[James Berardinelli]] described Brosnan as "a decided improvement over his immediate predecessor" with a "flair for wit to go along with his natural charm", but added that "fully one-quarter of ''Goldeneye'' is momentum-killing padding."<ref>{{cite web |title=GoldenEye |work=reelviews.net |url=http://preview.reelviews.net/movies/g/goldeneye.html |year=1995 |access-date=16 November 2006 |first=James |last=Berardinelli |archive-date=18 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181118181646/http://preview.reelviews.net/movies/g/goldeneye.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[File:Pierce Brosnan (Madame Tussauds).jpg|thumb|upright|Wax figure of Brosnan as James Bond at [[Madame Tussauds]], London]]

Brosnan returned as Bond in 1997's ''[[Tomorrow Never Dies]]'', 1999's ''[[The World Is Not Enough]]'', and 2002's ''[[Die Another Day]]'': all three movies received mixed reviews, but were a success at the box office; Brosnan himself subsequently criticised many aspects of his fourth Bond movie. During the promotion for the fourth movie, he mentioned that he would like to continue his role as James Bond: "I'd like to do another, sure. [[Sean Connery|Connery]] did six. Six would be a number, then never come back."<ref name="Numero">{{cite magazine |title=Numero Uno (Die Another Day cover story) |magazine=Empire |date=December 2002 |first=Ian |last=Nathon |issue=162 |page=103}}</ref> 

When accepting the Bond role, Brosnan asked [[Eon Productions]] to be allowed to work on other projects between Bond films. The request was granted, and for every Bond film, Brosnan appeared in at least two other mainstream films, including several he produced,<ref name="ie18284"/> playing a wide range of roles, ranging from a scientist in [[Tim Burton]]'s ''[[Mars Attacks!]]'', to the title role in ''[[Grey Owl (film)|Grey Owl]]'', which documents the life of Englishman [[Archibald Stansfeld Belaney]], one of Canada's first conservationists.

In 1996, Brosnan formed a film production company called Irish DreamTime along with producing partner and longtime friend [[Beau St. Clair]].<ref Name = "Brosnansite"/> Brosnan and St. Clair released Irish DreamTime's first production, ''[[The Nephew]]'', in 1998.<ref name=variety>{{cite news |first=Dave |last=McNary |title=Beau St. Clair, Pierce Brosnan's Producing Partner, Dies |url=https://variety.com/2016/film/news/beau-st-clair-dead-pierce-brosnan-producing-partner-1201676897/ |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=11 January 2016 |access-date=6 February 2016 |archive-date=3 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203014139/http://variety.com/2016/film/news/beau-st-clair-dead-pierce-brosnan-producing-partner-1201676897/ |url-status=live }}</ref> One year later, the company's second studio project, ''[[The Thomas Crown Affair (1999 film)|The Thomas Crown Affair]]'', was released and met both critical and box office success.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.piercebrosnan.com/menu.php?mm=5&sm=1&pn=1 |title=Bio Basics |website=The Official Pierce Brosnan Site |publisher=PBFC |access-date=15 April 2008| url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080404101702/http://www.piercebrosnan.com/menu.php?mm=5&sm=1&pn=1 |archive-date=4 April 2008 }}</ref>

Shortly after the release of ''Die Another Day'', the media began questioning whether or not Brosnan would reprise the role for a fifth time. At that time, Brosnan was approaching his 50th birthday. Brosnan kept in mind that both fans and critics were very unhappy with Roger Moore playing the role until the age of 57, but he was receiving popular support from both critics and the franchise fanbase for a fifth instalment. For this reason, he remained enthusiastic about reprising his role.<ref name="bbc1">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/film/3592361.stm |title=Brosnan uncertain over more Bond |website=[[BBC News]] |access-date=1 May 2011 |date=2 April 2004 |archive-date=10 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220410135044/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/film/3592361.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> In October 2004, Brosnan said he considered himself dismissed from the role.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/art-main.html?2004-10/14/10.30.film |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041104013226/http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/art-main.html?2004-10%2F14%2F10.30.film |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 November 2004 |title=Brosnan: No More 007 |access-date=22 February 2007 |date=14 October 2004 |work=scifi.com }}</ref> Although Brosnan had frequently been rumoured as still in the running to play Bond, he had denied it several times, and in February 2005 he posted on his website that he was finished with the role.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.piercebrosnan.com/menu.php?mm=1&sm=1&pn=1 |title=The Official Pierce Brosnan site |access-date=13 September 2006 |last=Brosnan |first=Pierce |date=February 2005|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060901055755/http://www.piercebrosnan.com/menu.php?mm=1&sm=1&pn=1 |archive-date=1 September 2006}}</ref> [[Daniel Craig]] took over the role on 14 October 2005.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4337224.stm |title=Daniel Craig takes on 007 mantle |website=[[BBC News]] |access-date=22 February 2007 |date=14 October 2005 |archive-date=23 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110623023617/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4337224.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> In an interview with ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', Brosnan was asked what he thought of Craig as the new James Bond. He replied, "I'm looking forward to it like we're all looking forward to it. Daniel Craig is a great actor and he's going to do a fantastic job."<ref>{{cite news |title=Pierce Brosnan answers |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20060914.waskthestars-brosnan14/BNStory/TIFF06/home |work=Globe and Mail |location=Canada |date=14 September 2006 |access-date=14 September 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080709063553/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20060914.waskthestars-brosnan14/BNStory/TIFF06/home |archive-date=9 July 2008}}</ref> He re-affirmed this support in an interview to the ''[[International Herald Tribune]]'', stating that "[Craig's] on his way to becoming a memorable Bond."<ref name="iht">{{cite news |work=[[International Herald Tribune]] |url=http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/01/22/features/brosnan.php |title=A grittier Brosnan takes on riskier roles |first=John |last=Anderson |date=22 January 2007 |access-date=21 February 2007 |archive-date=25 January 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070125015952/http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/01/22/features/brosnan.php |url-status=live }}</ref> Brosnan later admitted that he was hurt by the end of his tenure; "Barbara [Broccoli] and Michael [Wilson] were on the line – 'We're so sorry.' She was crying, Michael was stoic and he said, 'You were a great James Bond. Thank you very much,' and I said, 'Thank you very much. Goodbye.' That was it. I was utterly shocked and just kicked to the kerb with the way it went down."<ref>{{cite book|last1=Field|first1=Matthew|last2=Chowdhury|first2=Ajay|date=2015|title=Some Kind of Hero: The Remarkable Story of the James Bond Films|publisher=[[The History Press]]|location=Cheltenham, Gloustershire, England|isbn=978-0750966504}}</ref>

During his tenure in the James Bond films,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Frost |first=Caroline |date=19 March 2023 |title=Liam Neeson Reveals Why He Turned Down The Role Of James Bond Before It Went To Pierce Brosnan |url=https://deadline.com/2023/03/liam-neeson-why-he-turned-down-the-role-of-james-bond-1235304060/ |access-date=19 March 2023 |website=Deadline |language=en-US |archive-date=19 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230319192101/https://deadline.com/2023/03/liam-neeson-why-he-turned-down-the-role-of-james-bond-1235304060/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Brosnan also took part in the James Bond video games. In 2002, Brosnan's likeness was used as the face of Bond in the [[James Bond in video games|James Bond video game]] ''[[007: Nightfire]]'' (voiced by [[Maxwell Caulfield]]). In 2004, Brosnan starred in the Bond game ''[[James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing]]'', contracting for his likeness to be used as well as doing the voice-work for the character.<ref name="everythingornothing">{{cite web |url=http://www.ea.com/official/007/everythingornothing/us/gameconsoles.jsp |title=Everything or Nothing |access-date=22 February 2007 |publisher=EA Games|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071227203849/http://www.ea.com/official/007/everythingornothing/us/gameconsoles.jsp |archive-date=27 December 2007}}</ref> He starred along with [[Jamie Lee Curtis]] and [[Geoffrey Rush]] in ''[[The Tailor of Panama (film)|The Tailor of Panama]]'' in 2001, and lent his voice to ''[[The Simpsons]]'' episode "[[Treehouse of Horror XII]]" as a machine.