Pierce Brosnan trades espionage for romance in Laws of Attraction
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It's looking increasingly like suave, hunky Irishman Pierce Brosnan has drunk his last "shaken, not stirred" martini and that Ewan McGregor, Jude Law or another, younger European actor will be playing the next 007. When we asked Pierce if he wanted "out of Bond-age," he admitted that, as the character now exists, "it has been rather boring."
To escape from the secret-agent stereotype, the actor has started his own production company, Irish Dreamtime, where he searches for scripts he wants to produce and, occasionally, appear in. Under his Dreamtime banner, Brosnan played a suave but crooked millionaire in The Thomas Crown Affair and a devoted dad trying to get his kids released from state care in Evelyn. He's also worked for others in a variety of roles ranging from Sally Field's guy in Mrs. Doubtfire to a hunky volcanologist in Dante's Peak to a wacky official in Mars Attacks!
Pierce's latest effort for Irish Dreamtime casts him as Daniel Rafferty, a sloppy but rapier-smart divorce lawyer who crosses swords with love interest Julianne Moore in the romantic comedy Laws of Attraction. For our interview, a whole other Brosnan appeared: With salt-and-pepper hair cut in a modified crew, Pierce, sporting a moustache and clad in a brown leather jacket and white shirt, explained that he's now a hitman.