Pierce Brosnan "Doesn't Care" Who The Next James Bond Is: "Whoever He Be, I Wish Him Well"

Pierce Brosnan "doesn't care" who the next James Bond is.

Speaking to British GQ, Brosnan — who took over the role of the legendary 007 spy from Timothy Dalton in 1995 and starred in four movies, starting with GoldenEye, followed by Tomorrow Never Dies, The World is Not Enough, and Die Another Day — said he isn't interested in who would be Daniel Craig's successor.

"Who should do it? I don't care," he said. "It'll be interesting to see who they get, who the man shall be. Whoever he be, I wish him well."

However, the Mamma Mia! star went on to explain that Craig always "gave his heart" on screen even though he had only seen him in two Bond movies. 

He said, "I saw the last one [No Time to Die] and I saw Skyfall. I love Skyfall. I'm not too sure about the last one."

Meanwhile, Bond franchise custodians Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson are focused on finding a Bond villain before deciding on the new 007.

Brocoli told The Hollywood Reporter: "We always sit down with our writers, and we start by thinking about, ‘What’s the world afraid of?' We start by thinking about, 'Who's the Bond villain?'

We try to focus on that sort of uber story, and then we want to also look at Bond's emotional life, and what he'll be facing personally that he hasn't had to deal with before. So he has two big issues in the films — one is the geopolitical one and the other is the personal one."

Brosnan will be seen as Dr Fate alongside Dwayne Johnson in Black Adam, opening in cinemas on Oct 20.

— BANG SHOWBIZ

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