Happy Birthday, Pierce Brosnan!
Name: Pierce Brendan Brosnan
Birthdate: May 16, 1953
Breakout Role: Titular role, Remington Steele
It’s no big secret that I am a huge Pierce Brosnan fan from way back in the 1980’s, when I first saw the opening credits for a little show called Remington Steele, so indulge me for a bit. As a dorky teenager, I fell for the twinkling blue eyes and mysterious smile and never looked back. I can remember sitting in my mom’s tacky little living room, watching on a console television that still had a dial and rabbit ears encased in aluminum foil, and thinking, “This man is going to be a star.” (I was smart, even back then.)
He not only was the best Bond (imo), but he’s a general all-around great guy, committed to his causes and still making great movies. The fact that he’s Irish (he became an American citizen in 2004) doesn’t hurt matters any (considering my own heritage is part Irish, part Scot). And today, I found out he is the new face of L’Oreal Men Expert line of skincare. Hey, whatever keeps those Irish eyes a-smilin’ is fine with me.
I just bought The Thomas Crown Affair, and I own all the Bonds, so I may have to have a Brosnan movie night tonight…
Trivia:
He had problems with the line “If you’re Q, does that make him R?” in The World Is Not Enough, because his Irish accent got in the way of proper pronunciation (he says it “Ahrh”).- In the movie Tomorrow Never Dies, a stuntman got a bit too into the scene and hit Pierce in the mouth with his helmet, causing him to have to receive emergency stitches (but finished the scene!). In the scene where he’s driving and answers the call from Elliot Carver, you can just see the stitches before he answers his mobile. He now has a scar just above his lip, and it is referenced in the opening scenes of Die Another Day.
- Also in the opening scenes of Die Another Day, Pierce blew out his meniscus when he jumped on that last hovercraft. You can see him slip. Ow!
Favorite movie lines:
Xenia Onatopp: Nice to meet you, Mr. Bond.
Bond: The pleasure, I’m sure, was all mine. (Goldeneye)
Q: Here’s your cell phone. Talk here, listen here.
Bond: So that’s what I’ve been doing wrong all these years? (Tomorrow Never Dies)
Bond [strolling into a hotel in Hong Kong dripping wet in nothing but a pair of pajamas]: My usual suite, please. (Die Another Day)
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I agree completely. Pierce is an all around great guy and still handsome as ever at 55. I met him once. He’s a real sweetheart. Did you know he is also an artist? He sells his paintings for charity.
Comment by Lorrie — May 16, 2008 @ 1:12 pm
*sigh* Pierce, you smexy devil you!
Comment by Kaden — May 16, 2008 @ 3:58 pm
Oh he is, isn’t he?
Yum!
I did know about the paintings (darn, I forgot to include that), and I’d love to have one, but I’m sure they’re waaaaaaaaaaay out of my price range.
Comment by k — May 16, 2008 @ 3:59 pm
I saw him at an airport once, didn’t know who he was, but walked right into a wall, couldn’t take my eyes off him. So embarrassing, but oh my God, is he ever good looking.
Comment by BeeBee — May 16, 2008 @ 10:07 pm
well i have to say happy birthday to honest handsome man. I have all his movies, and television shows on dvd, because i can’t get enough of his irish eyes and accent. He is the best bond by far except for Mr. Connery. Thanks for all the great movies. Keep making more. Mary
Comment by mary — May 17, 2008 @ 2:13 am
happy birthday Pierce Brosnan!!!!I admire, because it is good Pierce
Comment by Dina — May 17, 2008 @ 4:27 am
Another thing to love about Pierce is that he loves his wife and doesn’t care in the least if she gains weight, if bits of her body sag, and that she just generally looks like a real, normal woman who is aging like everyone else in the world. Good on him for loving her exactly as she is, and good on her for being herself.
Comment by Exyank — May 17, 2008 @ 7:55 am
hello
Great site!
I’m also a big Pierce Brosnan fan!!
greetz from Belgium
Comment by Brosnangirl — May 20, 2008 @ 10:42 am