Brosnan in hot water with Yellowstone park
Pierce Brosnan, whose fictitious movie character James Bond has been in hot water plenty of times, is now facing heat in real life, charged with stepping out of bounds in a thermal area during a recent visit to Yellowstone National Park.
Brosnan, who visited the Bay Area to accept his Mill Valley Film Festival Tribute award on Dec. 16, walked in an off-limits area at Mammoth Terraces, in the northern part of Yellowstone
near the Wyoming-Montana line, on Nov. 1, according to two federal citations issued Tuesday, Dec. 26.
Brosnan, 70, is scheduled for a mandatory court appearance on Jan. 23 in the courtroom of the world’s oldest national park. The Associated Press sent a request for comment to his Instagram account Thursday, and email messages to his agent and attorney.
Yellowstone officials declined to comment. Brosnan was in the park on a personal visit and not for film work, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for Wyoming said.
Mammoth Terraces is a scenic spot of mineral-encrusted hot springs bubbling from a hillside. They’re just some of the park’s hundreds of thermal features, which range from spouting geysers to gurgling mud pots, with water at or near the boiling point.
Going out-of-bounds in such areas can be dangerous: Some of the millions of people who visit Yellowstone each year get badly burned by ignoring warnings not to stray off the trail.
Getting caught can bring legal peril too, with jail time, hefty fines and bans from the park regularly handed down to trespassers.
In addition to his four James Bond films, Brosnan starred in the 1980s TV series “Remington Steele” and is known for starring roles in “The Thomas Crown Affair” and the San Francisco-set classic “Mrs. Doubtfire.” His latest film, “Fast Charlie,” in theaters and available to rent or purchase on most major streaming services, has Brosnan starring opposite James Caan, in the late actor’s last performance before his death in 2022.