# Pierce Brosnan Fired from 007 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 18, 2005, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pierce-brosnan-fired-from-007/317535 "2005-08-18T03:20:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2005, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pierce-brosnan-fired-from-007/317535/61 "2005-08-20T03:07:04Z")
> [@DMark](#): > > Have been plenty of Bonds over the years, and most did a decent job. Sean and Roger were quite good. But there has been none like [George Lazenby.](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064757/) ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2005, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pierce-brosnan-fired-from-007/317535/62 "2005-08-20T12:31:33Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > But there has been none like [George Lazenby.](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064757/) Uh, is that a good thing or a bad thing? ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2005, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pierce-brosnan-fired-from-007/317535/63 "2005-08-20T13:47:24Z")
> [@Bryan Ekers](#): > > Uh, is that a good thing or a bad thing? Hey, he got to marry Mrs. Peel. ---
**Author:** ![Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7cd45c/32.png) [@Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glory)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2005, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pierce-brosnan-fired-from-007/317535/64 "2005-08-20T15:32:14Z")
After seeing Red-Eye last night - Cillian Murphy! He is magnetic. ---
**Author:** ![Neptunian\_Slug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce7236/32.png) [@Neptunian\_Slug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neptunian_Slug)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2005, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pierce-brosnan-fired-from-007/317535/65 "2005-08-24T03:09:39Z")
I thought Christian Bale was in the running as well. Is he tied in for a series of Batman movies now? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2005, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pierce-brosnan-fired-from-007/317535/66 "2005-08-24T05:03:02Z")
Orlando Bloom? Disasterous. James Bond is the quintessential **brute** – a thug on the inside, a polished veneer of sophistication on the outside. This is what made Connery so fascinating: the flickering glimpses of the wildness within. He could be utterly charming and yet at any moment you could imagine those strong fingers closing around someone’s neck … . Russell Crowe would be perfect. ---
**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2005, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pierce-brosnan-fired-from-007/317535/67 "2005-08-24T13:47:27Z")
> [@](#): > > A guy I think would really nail the role it George Clooney. As with many mentioned here, Clooney just doesn’t have the physicality or authenticity. No matter what he does, he gives off this awful impression of being, well, “George Clooney Acting!” ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2005, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pierce-brosnan-fired-from-007/317535/68 "2005-08-24T13:54:05Z")
> [@smiling bandit](#): > > As with many mentioned here, Clooney just doesn’t have the physicality or authenticity. No matter what he does, he gives off this awful impression of being, well, “George Clooney Acting!” Well, the impression I get from Sean Connery, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, and George Lazenby, and Pierce Brosnan is of a guy not acting at all. Don’t get me wrong, Connery’s fun to watch and I consider Brosnan to be a damn fine actor. But in their James Bond roles, they didn’t do any acting at all. And with Roger Moore, it was often much worse. I just caught some bits of _Moonraker_. My god, the acting is so bad in that movie. Lois Chiles was just so goddamn awful. Doesn’t Albert “Cubby” Broccoli have _any_ sense of pride in his work at all? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pierce-brosnan-fired-from-007/317535.md?page=3)