Behind the Scenes with Pierce Brosnan as James Bond 007

From his initial introduction as James Bond in GoldenEye (1995) to his last interviews on Die Another Day (2002), we glimpse into the world of OO7 through the eyes of Pierce Brosnan and the irony of his tenure that would eventually end abruptly. Enjoy this short montage of an actor who won the role of Bond, James Bond.

[@Kevbro180]

When I look at Pierce Brosnan I honestly think that his real name IS James Bond because he's the best one we've ever seen

[@ketchup5344]

The man. He was Bond, the deffinition of Bond.

[@ethanmcgee8958]

THE best Bond EVER!

[@roninn4746]

Ethan McGee I love every Bond equally, but Mr. Brosnan will always be my favorite!

[@Firemarioflower]

+Daniel D. Lopez So you don't love them all equally, you love Brosnan more, and i agree with that.

[@thedarkknightman6150]

Whithout him and the game call golden eye on nintendo 64 i would not gotten in to 007,

[@dannyrichards6233]

I agree.

[@dannyrichards6233]

@@thedarkknightman6150 same. lol

[@shivakumark5644]

I miss him as James bond , Long live Pierce ,,,

[@rio2012ification]

He is the epitome of James Bond. he was born to do it. No one is more perfect. I don't think Daniel Craig is as a good for the role as Pierce but what can you do.

[@RivieraByBuick]

+naldo salee this is subjective. i hate brosnan as bond. Dalton an Craig are my favourites.

[@Gambino_Family]

+RivieraByBuick dalton and craig? you must be kidding lol

[@RivieraByBuick]

Cemal 23 your mother was kidding giving u a birth :)

[@joshfish2]

+RivieraByBuick Dalton, awesome! Craig, shitty

[@RivieraByBuick]

Andrew Shaw not as shitty as you though

[@alicaljungberg3742]

Best bond. (I might have a 90s childhood bias though).

[@Firemarioflower]

+Alica Ljungberg Nah. Youre not biased. Hes got the 007 vibe. Smooth, sarcastic and above all FUN!! he's got the wit and the charm. He's the real one, the modern and improved version of Roger Moore i believe.

[@AvoozlPlays]

Sean Connery is the best Bond but Pierce Brosnan is a very close second to him.

[@Firemarioflower]

Avoozl Better than Dalton and Craig, that's for sure!

[@mandragonist]

I agree with you.

[@lazylazenbyproductions]

Better than Craig, but not Dalton, just as good but not better.

[@michaelhastie9729]

They should have never sacked Pierce Brosnan from playing James Bond, he was the best, apart from Sean Connery. Daniel Craig as James Bond is ridiculous. I stopped watch Bond movies when Craig took over from Brosnan.

[@Seannyg88sComputerRepair]

Michael Hastie his contract ran out. even thow he did 4 films he did a couple games as well but i saw him on a show they asked him what abou bonfd he said they called him back to do casino royal bu they changed there mind

[@asch7906]

Good for you. You don't know how much great action and character moments you missed. I'm a fan of all the Bonds anyway, it's much more fun to have 24 DIFFERENT movies to enjoy than being nostalgic.

[@carterjeremy89]

I hated Daniel Craig's take on Bond. Now they're gonna diversify him and turn him into Idris Elba... I'm done with Bond. Pierce Brosnan was the last Bond who made any sense

[@Dash120z]

Casino Royale would've better if it was with Pierce.

[@omarsaletovicprins9632]

Ok fuck off

[@boykarulz2408]

Seeing him in the suit as Bond talking about his role, he is an awesome presence with such great looks.Best Bond in my book.

[@Monheng17]

i love pierce brosnan the most he's the coolest and also the most good loking bond ever

[@ramon3960]

The Bond of my generation

[@DryNox]

Damn, I miss Pierce as Bond, even though he is too old now to still play him. Aside from GoldenEye, I don't think the Brosnan-era were the greatest films in the series, but that's not Brosnan's fault. That's because all Fleming's books have been filmed. Pierce was a great Bond, and one handsome bastard I have to say as a guy >

[@Whoa802]

+Every Year in Music Playlists I don't think it has anything to do with Fleming's books at all. Most Bond films(including the great ones) aren't really based on the novels anyways. After Thunderball, most of them just used certain ideas and characters from the books as opposed to being genuinely faithful adaptations like the Harry Potter series for instance.

[@lilyli4418]

as a female, I appreciate you say that.

[@lilyli4418]

I miss him too

[@2sallads]

nah i love the first 3 movies and like die another day even for its goofyness. Still better than any bond movie craig is in.

[@TyronStDenis]

I wish Pierce Brosnan Will play James Bond in some more James Bond Movies all over Again.

[@jakehall7763]

While Sean Connery IS Bond and my favorite of all time, you can't deny Peirce is one who will be remembered.

[@scottknode898]

Connery will also always be remembered but not so much by younger audiences. Connery, Moore and Brosnan will be the most remembered Bond actors as well as Craig

[@richardmorgan761]

i always looked up to this man as a father figure and a role model. my dad died when i was a child so its kinda stange but he is the only guy i like all his movies protocall was my favourate movie

[@devilpupbear09]

Brosnan had class, craig is just plain violent.

[@GTAfreakazoid23]

Pierce as James Bond was great for my years, i've watched all of the bond films, moonraker was my first bond film i ever bought, goldeneye was and (IMHO) still is the great FPS game, i only need 3 more bond movies XD

[@aperturefilm]

liked him soo much even watching is non 007 movie minda feel like he is playing a bond role

[@seyedamirhooshangdehnadi3035]

The Irish Bond. I love him.

[@AlimonyCheck]

I grew up with Brosnan as Bond. Goldeneye was the first Bond flick I ever saw as a kid. These days, having seen them all time and time again, Lazenby and Dalton are my favorites.

[@KillerKrieg]

I just like him so much as Bond and I miss him as ole' Bondy, I really do. I feel like he was the greatest Bond, and he truly defined the character, not just because I grew up with him and he was my first Bond, but because he played Bond particularly well. I felt like Goldeneye had the best plot of his bond movies(or any bond movie for that matter, it was just great) and I feel like(no offense to the writers) that the other ones with him had sub-par writing, but were saved by Pierce's brilliant acting and screen presence. I feel really privileged to have had him as the bond of my childhood.

[@recoopper]

they will not be able to say that NO, but Pierce Brosnan has been best bond of the new era 90 ' s and 2000 that has had.

[@Jimmy36507]

I can't understand why this guy was dropped, he still had at least two more... crazy

[@scottknode898]

He was dropped due to Barbara Broccoli and the studio heads wanting to hire a younger actor for Casino Royale and reboot the series. Brosnan was angry as he was interested in the script for Casino Royale although he did support the casting of Daniel Craig as did Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton and Sean Connery

[@SamAceRothstein]

If I ever have a son, he's being introduced to the Bond series with Goldeneye

[@TheDoopliss2]

The best preformance as Bond. Even if his movies are not as famous as others, though is preformance is equally as worshiped.

[@AndrewChapman]

3:25 Arnold Schwarzenegger, Emma Thompson and Sharon Stone?!!!! Seriously?

[@Mr_Ranasingh007]

Woke nd feminism culture

[@SteampunkResistance]

I miss him as James Bond =-(

[@patrikadolfsson121]

I feel so sorry for Brosnan, people put so much hate on him after Die Another Day, and the producers not giving a reason for why they shut him out... Fucking cruel business.

[@Chris-B.]

He spoke about exploring the character and revealing layers never seen before. It is a shame that the 4 movies (that got progressively worse) never explored anything promised, but instead became just run of the mill action films. Not through any fault of Pierce himself, he was just given poor scripts, supporting cast and 3 bad directors.

[@UltimaKeyMaster]

To be fair, we actually did get hints of that in GoldenEye. It was the first time we knew what happened to Bond's parents in the movies, you could tell Bond had a connection with Alec and was somewhat hurt by his betrayal and among other things, the tone of GoldenEye was a lore more subtle and introspective compared to the other Brosnan movies. The story more revolved around Bond himself than everything around him.

[@scottknode898]

UltimaKeyMaster originally Goldeneye was written for Timothy Dalton and after 6 years of Bond movies being halted due to dealing with legal ligation and delays they didn’t want to put the movie through more delays with changes so left the tone darker with Dalton in mind but he resigned in 1994 as wanted to move on to other roles and was fed up with all delays as the studio wanted to make a third Dalton film in 1991 but it never happened.

[@fistoftulkas7335]

Goldeneye is great and honestly my favorite from the entire franchise. Tomorrow Never Dies and The World Is Not Enough are ok, but Die Another Day is bad. Still those three after Goldeneye, especially the two after, are still better than anything with Craig post Casino Royale, in my opinion.

[@ArwenElfa]

Thank You for Uplod - is one of My Favorite Bond Film Of All!

[@suns8575]

Such a handsome bond

[@Paul-bd4dm]

Yes best bond since Sean and pierce is still is

[@gabrielladeJesus.]

He's absolutely gorgeous ❤

[@cLeodnine]

love this -- thank you!

[@peaceloveforever2799]

PB was born to play the role of James Bond

[@mandragonist]

The best 007 ever!

[@MultiPabloe]

Pierce brosnan best jamás bond and Goldeneye best video game UySiUySii🤍

[@winnieclark1654]

The clip they show isn't from "Remington Steele" @ 3:28 but from the miniseries "Noble House" which he did right after Steele was cancelled.

[@dickwillard9677]

best bond to live

[@twilliamspro]

Ralph Finnes ... awesome he got into thecfranchise eventually

[@marjanp4784]

Yah he is now "M" 😍

[@ArunKumar-qs3gc]

Best bond forever

[@brendansheehy8124]

Can’t wait for “The Golden Eye”

[@psm1167]

interesting to see that the filmmakers initially were willing to showcase a more human bond when brosnan took over. i wonder why this idea didn't materialize with the brosnan films. i feel it wasn't until craig took over that the audience was able to see bond struggle with his inner demons.

[@asch7906]

Because Michael G. Wilson is an ass and oversees scripts since the 1980s. He pulled his fingers out for Casino Royale because he had no other choice, they simply couldn't continue with a DAD-like carnival.

[@thestarkknightreturns]

It was because they were afraid to break the mold, and no other iteration of the spy genre had proven to be successful at that time. Until the Bourne series came out. In many ways that movie series changed the spy genre and injected new life into it. Its repercussions affected not only Bond, but Mission Impossible as well.

[@charless.sturdivant]

So good.

[@kingnocomply]

craig fits the moore, lezenby classification, with a connery attitude, and the dalton danger look , with a brosnan physical aspect

[@terryjohnson9084]

Crisis Infinite on Earth 🌎🌎🌎🌎🌎 007 James Bond Multiverses

[@mitzieregan5716]

Love both Bonds. Sean Connery and Pierce.

[@Siberian4]

Fantastic!

[@478901]

Pierce Bronsan is my favorite James Bond! Pierce is the second best Bond since Sean Connery.

[@2sallads]

I love how brosnan says Bond is always "In control" what happened to the new craig movies. He seems to always be losing. I hate when they try to change a character for the worse.

[@Manzanahh]

this whole movie 10/10

[@2sallads]

best bond. favorite actor.

[@TRUMPER007]

Many fans prefer the 'grittiness' and 'realism' prevalent in Daniel Craig's interpretation of Bond - others like the humour purveyed by the films of Roger Moore. That's what makes Bond unique - it's diversity - personally I like a good mix of the both which Pierce injected. Nobody can ultimately say what is best. We all like different aspects in the 007 films and the Brosnan years added well to the overall Bond style. 'SkyFall' looks like having the afore-mentioned ingredients in a great balance

[@barthoedemaker]

connery and him are the best for now ( old and new )

[@abr238]

goldeneye the best bond movie...

[@TheEgg185]

3:39 THATS ME !!!!!

[@cocainecat2740]

I like that he stated the ONLY good thing about Die Another Day was the opening sequence

[@TMC1982Part2]

Listening to Pierce talk about the attempt at bringing a closer sense of grittiness and realism to the Bond films, it's hard (and a bit funny in hindsight) to imagine that his 4th and final Bond film DIE ANOTHER DAY, was one of the most outlandish, cartoonish, over-the-top films in the series. Hell, even Roger Moore, who was the "1st Bond in space" (MOONRAKER) thought that DAD took things overboard.

[@UltimaKeyMaster]

It's kinda sad because it DID look like a dark movie at first, what with Bond being realistically shown he couldn't just instantly escape from being captured and tortured for more than a YEAR. Fast forward to the halfway point and we get Bond driving away from *a beam of pure fucking sunlight.* It's like they got literal cold feet about making that one dark and decided to one-up any goofy thing he did up to that point. When the VIDEO GAME he did two years later (Everything or Nothing) was more grounded in its tone than the last movie he did, there's a problem, and that game certainly didn't shy away from having silly concepts that would only work in a game (i.e. NANOMACHINES SON)

[@Dash120z]

@@UltimaKeyMaster DAD should have kept the dark and gritty atmosphere throughout the movie.

[@shufflebrah]

cheeky pout at 4:40 lol

[@marce1587]

LOVE THAT MAN!!!!!!!

[@mattarnold198]

"Longshots included Emma Thompson and Sharon Stone" - I'll say - were they planning on having a sex change for the part or something?!

[@Gingerbond0070]

What the fuck were they thinking lol?

[@Whoa802]

+Matt Arnold The 90's was a silly era of political correctness for the sake of political correctness and diversity for the sake of diversity at times.

[@mattarnold198]

If we were on the other side of the 90s I'd probably see things that way too! These days it's a political sin to even question whether a government organization can predict the weather 10 years from now - back in the 90s it was quite rightly a joke!

[@9831599481]

Best Bond!

[@RaftCoveProductions]

@brok2 Sorry, the audio is not very good there so the question is lost. But Pierce answers it with a "No!". As for the number one Bond fan, that person is Graham Rye, the editor of the British James Bond Fan Club. A magazine that is published 2 or 4 times a year and has been around since the late 1970s. You can pick up some copies off of Ebay. High recommended if you are a real Bond fan.

[@RawheadRex72]

Because I'm racist, I like the fact that an Irishman does the job...he does it extremely well...too...

[@pcstudios3]

pierce we love you :)

[@Rene9u]

pierce brosnan is my favourite

[@nickregian636]

He has AMAZING hair.....It just.....SIT$! O_O

[@peterfranks6243]

Pity Broccolli stopped him getting it in '86...he had that Remington Steele twinkle there then ....before tragedy struck in '91 with his wife's death...he lost something then

[@scottknode898]

Barbara Broccoli essentially let Brosnan go after Die Anothet Day when he was interested in coming back a 5th time as liked how script for Casino Royale was darker then his previous Bond films but she basically told him they wanted to get a younger actor to play Bond and reboot the series. Brosnan was angry he was stated years later after being interviewed after Casino Royale came out. He never worked with Broccoli and rest of Eon Productions again.

[@RaftCoveProductions]

@KISSarmyGuy - I haven't watched the Brosnan films in quite awhile. Being a Bond fan since the 1960s, I prefer Connery. I also have behind the scenes footage that I offer up for historical purposes. As history has shown, the younger generation who grew up with a specific actor as OO7 usually related best with that actor. Thus Connery is my favorite where people 10 years younger than me would say Roger Moore. People in their teens and 20s would say Brosnan. But to each their own.

[@marjanp4784]

What a handsome man 😍❤️😍

[@supernerd4677]

When it comes to James Bond, I'm partial towards Timothy Dalton and Daniel Craig. But Pierce Brosnan is cool. I have to admit, as a straight man, he's quite handsome.

[@dumitrudima2155]

Best James Bond ever !!!!!

[@sadesade6658]

Brosnan best Bond ever, I mean that face, wow just beautiful. Please replace craig with Henry Cavill.

[@MegajerX]

Hes the only pick thatll save Bond for me

[@lessthanallison]

shoutout to the guy wearing the San Jose Sharks hat at 4:43

[@daniellovesgabeebingspider7589]

the best bond

[@TymphaRedbreaduwuowo]

0:35 HUH?!?!?! 40 SOMTHING? ohh wow such a professional reporter.....

[@avianshchanana3807]

25 years after 5th june. When he got the job as Bond.

[@1100010000]

90s, brosnan = good, 21st century, craig = bad. damn, i hate the current zeitgeist.

[@mrbain123]

@RaftCoveProductions It was actually "never argue with a woman - they're always right". I never had any problems with that line (I've found out its usually true anyway) but maybe thats because I'm in my mid 20s so I'm used to political correctness. To be honest I think the line was meant as a joke anyhow.

[@Sedalb]

Goldeneye.

[@JaytheOstrich]

It's Remington Bond!

[@cockshield]

Brozza should've rocked the Barry Gibb look for one of his movies.

[@rockman1389]

Pierce brosnan is the best james bond,daniel is cool but i like more pierce!

[@rupeshkumargupta1139]

omg ! wow

[@_Braised]

what was the question asked at 1:13? and who the hell is that #1 bond fan at 2:56 supposed to be anyway?

[@Metaltherebel92]

People will allways argue about who`s the better Bond, but I though they all brougth their own thing to the table. My favorites remain to this day Connery, Moore and Brosnan. But I must admit, Brosnans REALLY great performance as 007 was Goldeneye. TND and TWINE is good also, DAD is still entertaining but easysely his worst. Weird how he said it was "more realistic", I mean invisible cars and ice pallaces? lol

[@TRUMPER007]

I don't agree that Pierce Brosnan was a bad choice to play 007 and that his films were dire - 'GoldeneEye' was a brilliantly entertaining film, 'Tomorrow Never Dies' was a great action flick and 'The World Is Not Enough' was excellent fun. 'Die Another Day' was on the whole a great Bond movie but suffered from poor cgi effects and over-the-top gadgets took it slightly into the realms of fantasy but hey....it's a BOND film - the public have always expected and demanded these facits from 007!

[@avianshchanana3807]

7:01 that love in his wife’s eyes

[@ShanesAutos]

oh its not Daniel's fault at all he is simply reading a script and acting out the roll he was asked to do.

[@RaftCoveProductions]

@KISSarmyGuy Whatever! It's still not Fleming's Bond. However, it must be bothering Brosnan since Craig is being offered another 5 movies after this new one comes out in 2012. If Craig accepts and completes 8 films, he will have out done every other actor in that role.

[@curtisjefferson474]

Actor curtis jefferson would be a great james bond007 he is doing theatre work in atlantic he could play the part

[@javd1390Hero]

iam agree with you

[@RArivera27]

@ 1:06 was he about to say something i think he shouldnt, talking about the bond ladies? Fu--- Fu,,,? what now? love you Pierce. :D

[@rinpertin2076]

Brosnan was a Good Bond but Got Hunted Down By Wierd Scripts....My God He was Handsome and Look at his Beard and Eyes in The Beginning of The video....No Wonder why He was The Crush of 90s....

[@thrashmetal4life1]

The real bond....Craig is just so so bad....

[@KitRamsey1]

brosnan is best bond............to bad he really hasnt made a good movie since leaving the role

[@Velta_Nox]

@ShanesAutos For me, he doesn't acting like a villain: i called him "badass" Bond. xD

[@Sedalb]

You must have loved the recent Transformer movies.

[@Sedalb]

Something tells me you haven't put much thought into your choice... regardless, you're allowed to enjoy whatever you want. Even if most of it was videogame fodder.

[@mrbain123]

@RaftCoveProductions Blame that on Babs or whoever wrote the line. I don't think "Fleming's Bpnd" truely exists anymore anyway. I like DC but have you ever seen him smoke? Was the original character bossed around by M as much?

[@recoopper]

@Sed1er Doubtless thus it is.