Pierce Brosnan Dismisses James Bond Question With Blunt Response

Pierce Brosnan is an actor whose most iconic role came between 1995 and 2002 as a certain illustrious secret agent who goes by the codename 007. He was the sixth actor to play James Bond, and he did so across four films. His turn as Britain’s most illustrious spy may be nearly a quarter-century behind him, but he remains well-remembered for it. And this year, less than a week in advance of Christmas, he shared with the world his very brief but uncompromising thoughts on how this particular character would spend the holiday. On December 19, Brosnan was interviewed by Kevin Maher of the UK’s Times in advance of the early-January wide release of “Giant,” a boxing drama biopic in which he plays the real-life trainer Brendan Ingle. Maher, who had interviewed Brosnan on previous occasions, explained that the actor had a rule in regard to discussing James Bond; Maher summarized this rule as, “you get one free Bond question and the rest are going to cost you.” In this case, he chose to ask Brosnan whether 007 would