Pierce Brosnan Trivias

Brosnan and fellow Bond actor Sean Connery have both played King Arthur. Connery played Arthur in First Knight (1995) and Brosnan provided the voice of Arthur in Quest For Camelot (1998).Is a fan of Doctor Who.Pierce is a professional "fire eater". He performed a fire eating act in a circus at a young age. Knowing this, the writers for "Remington Steele" (1982) asked him to hone his skills as a fire eater for an episode during the series' second season, entitled "High Flying Steele", where Remington and Laura are to go undercover in a circus.In 2004, Quentin Tarantino expressed an interest in directing Brosnan in a version of Casino Royale (2006), but was turned down by the Bond producers.

Brosnan's Bond was mainly dressed with shirts and ties from Turnbull & Asser, shoes from Church's, and suits from the Italian company Brioni. The cuff links and the belts were mostly Dunhill's.Was considered for the role of Batman/Bruce Wayne in Batman (1989).Was originally chosen to play 007 in 1986, but his contract with the TV series "Remington Steele" (1982) prevented him from doing so. Instead, the role went to Timothy Dalton.Graduated from the prestigious MA program at the Drama Center in London, England.

He says that the first two films he saw at the cinema, Goldfinger (1964) and Lawrence of Arabia (1962), are also the two films that have had the most influence on him.According to the James Bond tailors in London, he has been both the lightest and heaviest of all the James Bonds. The tailors who fitted him for his Bond films state that in his first Bond movie, GoldenEye (1995), he weighed 164 pounds, making him the lightest actor to play Bond. However, in his fourth Bond movie, Die Another Day (2002), he weighed 211 pounds, making him the heaviest actor to play Bond.

He studied under Yat Malmgren, a dancer and drama teacher who also worked with Sean Connery in the 1950s and is credited with helping him develop a strong sense of movement and presence.Became an American citizen on 23 September 2004 but still plans to keep his Irish citizenship.He says that his favorite Bond films are From Russia with Love (1963) and For Your Eyes Only (1981), and that his least favorite Bond film is On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969).

On August 12, 1964, as an 11-year-old he flew, for the first time, from Ireland to the UK to join his mother May, the very day that Ian Fleming died.After the release of Die Another Day (2002), he was approached by a prankster in a Dublin bar who asked to shake the actor's hand. He complied and then cracked up when he heard the man say, "That's the closest my hand will ever get to Halle Berry's arse [butt]." He was given an honorary OBE by Britain's ambassador to Ireland, Stewart Eldon on 19th August 2003. Honorary OBEs are awarded on merit to non- British citizens by the Queen to people who have made an important contribution to British interests. The award formally makes him "an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire".

Early in his screen career, he portrayed the character of Remington Steele on the TV show "Remington Steele" (1982). His character was a career criminal gone "straight" as a private investigator, with an amazing knowledge of and obsession with classic cinema. In the episode "To Catch a Steele" (original air date 11-Feb-1983, episode 15), Remington Steele equates the case he is working on to the original movie The Thomas Crown Affair (1968), starring Faye Dunaway and Steve McQueen. Sixteen years later, he starred in the remake of that movie, The Thomas Crown Affair (1999).In addition to his salary for his James Bond movies, Brosnan received a car. The BMW Z3 from GoldenEye (1995), an 8-series BMW (instead of the 750iL) from Tomorrow Never Dies (1997), and the Z8 from The World Is Not Enough (1999).

He was voted sixth in the Orange 2001 film survey of greatest British film actors ever.Is claustrophobic, making the filming of certain scenes in _Dante's Peak (1997)_ very difficult.Voted "Sexiest Man Alive" by People Magazine in 2001.At the age of 11 he was almost six feet tall, but he was still the target of bullies due to his being Irish.

His mother, May, was 19 when she gave birth to him. She had married his father, Thomas, on August 16, 1952. However, his parents separated when he was still a baby, and from the age of 4 he was raised by his maternal grandparents, Philip and Kathleen Smith, while his mother went to London to train as a nurse. When he was 6, both grandparents died and he was passed around amongst relatives until Eileen Reilly took him into her lodging house. Finally, when he was 10, his mother was able to take him to her home in Putney, London. While in London, May had met a man, named Bill Carmichael, who had asked her to marry him, but she wanted approval from her son. Pierce gave his approval and the couple were married. From that point on, Bill treated Pierce as his real son and they got along fine. It was Bill who took Pierce to see his first Bond movie, Goldfinger (1964), and it was at that point that decided to take up acting.

On December 28, 1991, one day after their 11th wedding anniversary, his wife, Cassandra Harris, died in his arms. She died of ovarian cancer.Is the third actor to play James Bond in more than two films, along with Roger Moore and Sean Connery.Enjoys fishing on the River Towy in Carmarthenshire, South Wales. Jimmy Carter (former American President) also enjoys the same fishing spot.At the Genesis Awards Ceremony, reunited with "Remington Steele" (1982) co-star Stephanie Zimbalist. [1996]

The very first film he claims to have seen is the 007 movie Goldfinger (1964).Chosen by People magazine as one of the "50 Most Beautiful People" in the world[1991].Chosen by People (USA) magazine as one of the "50 Most Beautiful" people in the world[1996].

Owns his own production company, Irish DreamTime. Its first release was The Nephew (1998).Was made a Freeman of Navan, Co. Meath, Ireland (the town he lived in until he moved to England in 1964) on 11th November 1999.He adopted his first wife Cassandra Harris's children, Charlotte (b. 1972) and Christopher (b. 1973), after their father died in 1986.