Interview with Brosnan, Pierce Brosnan....... [page 1 / 4 ]

You've been travelling non-stop, how are you?
Jet lag hits you in waves. I finished the holiday with the family in Hawaii, which was fantastic. Then on Friday I flew straight in to the Toronto Film Festival. Then went on to New York to do more interviews. Then I came across here on Concorde last night, came straight in and saw the new Bond movie last night. Then I was up at 8 am to do some looping.

So was this the first time that you had seen the completed Die Another Day?
Yes and it's good, it's very good. I think it moves like gang busters. Lee has done an outstanding job, giving it a twist and turn that in some respects was badly needed. Martin Campbell came along and did a great job in re-inventing the wheel somewhat. Then the next two Bond movies were more or less the same but this one has some muscle to it. People will like it.

Does doing Bond get any easier now that you have made your fourth movie?
No I can't say that it does really because you have such a high standard to set for yourself. Also I love this franchise and this character and I want it to be great for everybody. I want it to keep going after I'm gone. And the competition is so fierce and lethal. They have to keep up and we have to keep up.

You have set incredible targets for yourself because your Bond movies have made more money than the others?
Well the climate is a lot different from when Sean and Roger were doing it. The whole world of movies has turned on its ear - grossly so in many respects. It's like who has the biggest budget? In the middle of all that there is so much crap. Good money thrown after bad. For the most part the standard of storytelling doesn't service the audience well.

Your production has just made Evelyn a story you have wanted to tell for years. Why does it mean so much to you?
It is well written, set in Ireland, based on a true story, because I'm a father, it is a good night at the pictures and it has some meaningfulness. Desmond Doyle, the character I play, was a hero for his day. He set the tone within the Irish judicial system for many years to come in regard to what the Church and the State did to single parents. But there are other stories that I want to tell. I'm passionate about Lochinvar. Walter Scott's poem. We have been noodling that on for a year and a bit. It is an epic, classic story and huge. We have been down in Morocco scouting locations and the text is very good. So we have been immersing ourselves in the Holy Wars. It's quite timely too so if we can come with intelligence, past and present, to the story it can be a great yarn. Another one is Life Of Mars which we have had for some time. It is a small budget film that packs a wallop, it's about child abuse. It starts on Mars and is a cool picture. I would act in Lochinvar but not Life On Mars, there's just not a role there for me. But the father's role is very strong but not a role that I would want to do at this point.

Would it be too painful?
It would be tough. He is a bastard and I just don't want to go there. It would be crazy for me to lend myself to that. But I do think the story is done in an entertaining, appealing, provocative way. There is also a great horse racing piece that we have wanted to do for some time. We premiered Evelyn at Toronto and the reaction was better than our wildest dreams.

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