With a new James Bond film due for release next year, and a new leading actor on the horizon, there’s a lot of talk over if and how the franchise will be retooled to give it a new sense of identity.
When Daniel Craig took over the role, the dark and gritty Casino Royale seemed like a breath of fresh air, but with the release of Spectre, people felt it was getting tired.
In an interview with The Rake magazine (via NME), Craig’s predecessor Pierce Brosnan has bemoaned the lack of humour in the films since he passed the baton.
Referring to impact of the Jason Bourne series, 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.
“When I played [007], 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.”
Brosnan’s last Bond film, Die Another Day, was perhaps a bit too preposterous, what with its CGI ice surfing and invisible car (although Pierce said he really enjoyed that film).
Actress Rosamund Pike recently revealed that she was asked to strip to her underwear in an audition for the film, but refused (and still got the job).
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