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Brosnan Loses License to Kill
Pierce Brosnan has turned in his license to play Bond. James Bond.
The now ex-007 star said he learned in a recent phone call that his acting chops would not be required for a fifth go-round as the secret agent.
"One phone call, that's all it took!" Brosnan told Entertainment Weekly in its Aug. 19 issue.
The actor said the knowledge that he would no longer be a Bond man came as a "titanic jolt to the system," followed by "a great sense of calm."
"I can do anything I want to do now. I'm not beholden to them or anyone. I'm not shackled by some contracted image. So there was a sense of liberation," Brosnan said.
The actor said that he had been asked to return for a fifth time before negotiations ended.
Though Brosnan, 52, acknowledged that his 1995 turn in GoldenEye was the catalyst for his movie career, he didn't sound too wistful about leaving the role behind.
"It never felt real to me," he said. "I never felt I had complete ownership over Bond. Because you'd have these stupid one-liners--which I loathed--and I always felt phony doing them."
After GoldenEye, Brosnan went on to star in 1997's Tomorrow Never Dies, 1999's The World Is Not Enough and 2002's Die Another Day.
He was the fifth actor to tackle the Bond role, following in the footsteps of Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Roger Moore and Timothy Dalton.
Brosnan's exit from the franchise is hardly shocking, seeing as the actor has been dropping hints for some time now that he was sick of secret agenthood.
"That's it," Brosnan told EW last August. "I've said all I've got to say on the world of James Bond."
In the same interview, Brosnan also expressed his frustration with the powers that be behind the Bond films.
"They don't know how to move on," Brosnan said of 007 producers. "A sense of paralysis has set in."
However, said paralysis seems to have lifted as MGM and Eon Productions are moving forward on Casino Royale, the latest installment in the franchise.
In February, the studio announced that GoldenEye helmer Martin Campbell would be returning to direct the latest film.
Now all that remains is to lock in the next fellow to profess his fondness for martinis shaken, not starred.
Hugh Jackman, Ewan McGregor, Jude Law, Heath Ledger, Clive Owen and Orlando Bloom are among the names that have been floated so far as possible replacements for Brosnan.
Last August, Hulk star Eric Bana was rumored to be stepping into 007's shoes; by January, one British oddsmaker had stopped taking bets on Mission: Impossible 2 bad guy Dougray Scott after wagers on the actor increased disproportionately.
With the film's release date set for Nov. 17, 2006, it's a safe bet that producers are looking to issue a new license to kill any day now.
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