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THE INTERVIEW

B rosnan saw his first Bond
movie Goldfinger while living
in England. It changed his
world, igniting a fire for
acting hitherto undiscovered. However, it
is his humble Irish background, from his
single-mother-headed family to his modest
British upbringing, which have informed the
gentleman behind the actor.

Though he began studying commercial art, Goldfinger
Brosnan soon switched to acting, studying
with the seriousness he would approach
it his entire life; as a professional craft. He
started off at Kensington’s Oval House Theatre
Club and then graduated from the Drama
Centre in London in 1976. He went to work
as assistant stage manager at York's Theatre
Royal, where he made his professional stage
debut in a play called Wait until Dark. He got
his first major part in the British premiere of
Tennessee Williams' Red Devil Battery Sign at
the Roundhouse Theatre, which received great
critical acclaim, as well as personal kudos from
Williams.

S till, the big 1987, solidifying Brosnan’s
screen beckoned place in Hollywood.
and he decided
to go to the land By 1987, he had taken to the
of movie magic: Los Angeles. American big screen with The
Luck, acting skills, suave 4th Protocol. He did not get to
looks and debonair charm play Bond until 1995 when he
landed him the Bond-like lead became OO7 in GoldenEye,
character role in Remington followed by Tomorrow Never
Steele, where he played a Dies, The World Is Not Enough,
criminal turned private and Die Another Day. At
investigator co-starring this time, he also co-starred
with Stephanie Zimbalist, as with Barbra Streisand in The
part of the television series’ Mirror Has Two Faces, and
investigative dynamic duo. did a comedic stint in Mars
This series was well loved Attacks!
and lasted from 1982 through

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