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Bond movie 'paralysed'
23/03/2004 14:14 - (SA)
London - James Bond star Pierce Brosnan is unsure whether he will star in another OO7 film, claiming the movies' producers "don't know what to do".
Brosnan accused the producers of being "too scared" and claimed work on the next film had hit paralysis. In an interview with movie website, www.chud.com, he said: "We seem to have taken a break at the moment. The producers have reached an impasse, as far as I can tell."
He added: "They don't know what to do. They don't know how to move on. A sense of paralysis has set in. So, for me it's business as usual. I shall just carry on with creating work for myself. I certainly would love to do a fifth Bond and then bow out, but if this last one is to be the last one, then so be it."
Brosnan also expressed his desire for a more character-driven aspect to the Bond movies, in the vein of the classic From Russia With Love.
He said: "It's frustrating, really, because they feel they have to top themselves in a genre which is just spectacle and huge bang for your buck.
"For me, I think you can have your cake and eat it. You can have real character work and real storylines and a thriller aspect and all the kind of quips and asides and explosions and the women."
Brosnan said the producers had told him they were not talking to any other actors about doing the film.
He said: "Oh, my contract is up. They can do it or not. They say they're not talking to someone else."
Although Brosnan would not be drawn further, he made a quip about "backstabbing" when asked if the producers would tell him if they were talking to other actors about the role.
He also criticised aspects of the last film, Die Another Day, which was a huge commercial success.
Brosnan, talking about the opening prison sequence, said: "Yeah, that was like, 'Huh? This is a Bond movie?'. But they broke out of it too soon into the formulaic, safe side. They're too scared." - Ananova.com
- News24
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