Pierce Brosnan Shares “Certain Agreement” With Helen Mirren’s James Bond Sexism Comments
deadline.comJames Bond might have some toxic traits, but it appears that Pierce Brosnan is a feminist. After most recently starring together in Guy Ritchie’s MobLand, new episodes streaming Sundays on Paramount+, the Bond veteran agreed with co-star Helen Mirren‘s critique that the 007 franchise is “drenched and born out of profound sexism.” “Yes, there’s a certain agreement there,” Brosnan told People. “But there’s a certain world and room to move within the proscenium arch of what [Bond creator and author] Ian Fleming put down.
So there’s always going to be conflict.” Brosnan starred as the MI6 agent in GoldenEye (1995), Tomorrow Never Dies (1997), The World Is Not Enough (1999) and Die Another Day (2002).
Mirren, who plays London crime family matriarch Maeve Harrigan in MobLand, previously prefaced that she’s “a massive fan” of her onscreen husband Bronsan, before telling The Standard that the 007 franchise “was not my thing.” “It really wasn’t.
I never liked James Bond. I never liked the way women were in James Bond,” explained Mirren. “The whole concept of James Bond is drenched and born out of profound sexism.
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