20 YEARS OF 007 BROSNAN – Epilogue: Goodbye, Mr Bond

On February 2004, the famous website CommanderBond.net first revealed some sad news for those who were enthusiastic of Pierce Brosnan’s role as James Bond: his contract with EON productions wasn’t renewed, since the producers were aiming for another actor for the 21st James Bond film, then set for a November 2005 release.

20 YEARS OF 007 BROSNAN – Part Three: The Bond of the Millennium

“As the countdown begins to the 21st century… it’s good to know there’s still one number you can always count on.” This line introduced the last James Bond adventure of the 21st century, titled THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH. And Pierce Brosnan was about to become not only the actor who revived the franchise after the six year gap or the end of the Cold War, but now he was set to become the Bond for the new millennium.

20 YEARS OF 007 BROSNAN - Part Two: "The Return of 007"

“You were expecting someone else?”

Pierce Brosnan was probably referring to the many action heroes of the nineties, or maybe he was sharing a sort of in-joke with the audience: the ones that followed him since the days of REMINGTON STEELE and waited for him to become the new Bond, or those who this time knew he was the first choice to portray the role of Ian Fleming’s secret agent.

20 YEARS OF 007 BROSNAN - Part One: "Hello, Mr Bond"

It was the first day of June 1994. And a lot of things happened the last eight years to Pierce Brosnan: he got many roles in action movies like John MacKenzie’s THE FOURTH PROTOCOL (1987, opposite Michael Caine), TAFFIN (1992, opposite Alison Doody) and the drama comedy MRS DOUBTFIRE (1993, opposite Robin Williams). But on the other side, and, in a more painful situation, he lost his wife Cassandra in 1991, who succumbed to ovarian cancer. She was, among other things, the girl who introduced him to Cubby Broccoli back in 1986. Bad luck he didn’t got it.

20 YEARS OF 007 BROSNAN – Prologue: To Get So Close And Be Denied

“If he can act, he’s my guy,” said producer Albert “Cubby” Broccoli on the set of 1981’s FOR YOUR EYES ONLY, thinking of a replacement for Roger Moore who was considering his retirement of the role of 007.

Broccoli was talking about none other than the 28-year-old man who was visiting the film set in Corfu, Greece, where his wife Cassandra Harris was playing a love interest of Moore’s Bond, Countess Lisl Von Schalf.