Pierce Brosnan isn’t shying away from sharing his ideas on the way forward for James Bond.
And in response to the previous 007, Aaron Taylor-Johnson may simply have what it takes to slide into the long-lasting tux.
When requested in regards to the rumors swirling round Taylor-Johnson as a frontrunner for the position, Brosnan had nothing however reward for the 34-year-old actor.
“I feel he can be superb,” he informed Yahoo Leisure.
He additionally had a private connection to again up his endorsement, recalling their time working collectively on the 2009 drama The Biggest.
“I forged him in one of many films I made a very long time in the past referred to as The Biggest, really, and he performed ‘the best.’”
The movie, directed by Shana Feste, noticed Brosnan and Susan Sarandon as grieving mother and father mourning the lack of their son, performed by Taylor-Johnson, whose girlfriend (Carey Mulligan) arrives pregnant along with his little one.
Reflecting on their time on set, Brosnan recalled being impressed by Taylor-Johnson’s presence and efficiency.
“This younger man got here on the set and took the house, crammed the house with ardour and power,” he stated. “So yeah, I feel if he wished it, wished it, and obtained it, he can be nice.”
After all, Brosnan is aware of a factor or two about being Bond, having performed the suave superspy in GoldenEye (1995), Tomorrow By no means Dies (1997), The World Is Not Sufficient (1999), and Die One other Day (2002).
Because the franchise appears forward below its new partnership with Amazon MGM Studios and longtime producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson, Brosnan saved his ultimate ideas easy and fashionable, “I want all of them properly.”
Whether or not Taylor-Johnson is really the following 007 stays to be seen, but when Brosnan’s phrase carries any weight, MI6 might need to regulate him.
