Brosnan: Where’s the Ho,Ho7?
Bourne’s taken all the fun out of Bond, says Pierce who loved old school spy...
FORMER Bond star Pierce Brosnan says 007 movies have lost their sense of humour – and it’s all Jason Bourne’s fault.
He said once the hit thrillers starring Matt Damon came out, Bond bosses had to shake – and stir – things up to stay competitive. Mamma Mia! star Brosnan, 65, featured in four 007 films, ending with Die Another Day in 2002, the same year spy drama The Bourne Identity was released.
He said: “I knew there had been a seismic shift, and little did I know I was going to be part of that in the curtain falling on my contract. I knew they had to make adjustments. They had strong competition, and they haven’t reinvented it, but given it a much more muscular, dynamic twist.
“There’s not much humour.” Brosnan was replaced by Daniel Craig, 50. His films, like 2006’s Casino Royale, are much darker, lacking the camp and innuendo of before.
But Brosnan yearns for the days when the super-spy was more tongue-in-cheek.
“When I played him, you have to let the audience in that this is a fantastic joke.
“What I am doing here – jumping off a motorcycle and catching up a plane – is completely preposterous.”