Brosnan Confirms His 007 Days are Over
Source: Toronto Sun
October 14, 2004
Talking to the Toronto Sun about his new action-comedy, New Line's After the Sunset, Pierce Brosnan confirmed that he won't be returning as 007 in the 21st James Bond movie, most likely because the producers want "to go younger."
"It's over, it's over, it's absolutely over," Brosnan said this week in Nassau, The Bahamas. He said he was willing, even eager, to do a fifth and final Bond, adding that producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael Wilson had asked him to return right before he started promoting Die Another Day, although no contracts were signed.
But then they changed their minds. "It's very hard to find the truth in that town (Hollywood) or in this business at times," Brosnan says. "But it was their prerogative to change their minds. They can do it!"
While he holds no grudges, he does have someone in mind who would be a perfect replacement. He won't reveal who that is, but he saw him in a recent movie and was impressed. "He had a presence: Face, body, voice, the eyes. He would make a good one."
~Its sad he is officially leaving but perhaps the actor he speaks of is Hugh Jackman.
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