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

Was working with Halle Berry fun?
She was great. Halle has a strong sense of her own self as a woman and an actress, her sexuality. So when you have someone like that opposite you - and she has won an Oscar - it is a win- win situation. She is luscious in every sense of the word. And she is easy to work with. She will certainly draw in a huge audience.

It must be a blessing to have worked with so many good people on the Bond films?
I have been very lucky, yes. Again I have been very fortunate that I did not get Bond when I was supposed to get it. I was too young. My features were too handsome, too good looking - call it what you will. I always used to think that if I was about a foot shorter I would be more talented and if I had a broken nose I would be really talented. Some guy will read this and say 'I'll give you a broken nose if you want'. I'm sure if someone was to dig out that screen test that I did in 1986 they would just howl. So it did come at the right time when there was a little bit of gravitas to the soul and the heart. At that point I had absolutely sweet FA to lose and everything to gain. It was like give me your best shot - you can't touch me. I had lost so much. I had had so much. Let's go ahead and do it. And I had the great Martin Campbell who was ferocious in his tenacity and preparation and his vision of what Bond should be. I was very lucky because I think that possibly if Timothy Dalton had had Martin Campbell I wouldn't be here. Because Tim had that determination and he is a very fine actor. It's just that he wasn't supported in the same way that I was.

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