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[Tyler]

Tue Feb 19, 7:33 AM ET

LONDON (Reuters) - Actor Pierce Brosnan, usually invincible in the role of secret agent James Bond, has been laid low by a mystery knee injury while filming the latest 007 epic, the movie's production company said Tuesday.

"Pierce Brosnan has always pursued the character with extreme physicality. Friday, Brosnan sustained a knee injury during an action sequence involving water," EON Productions said in a statement.

It said Brosnan would be out of action for two weeks but the film, with the working title "Bond 20," would still hit screens in November as planned.

The company has shrouded the film -- Brosnan's fourth in the role -- in extreme secrecy, although it is known that Madonna (news - web sites) will sing but not appear, and that it opens with an assault on a beach in North Korea (news - web sites) currently being filmed in Cornwall.

In keeping with the cloak and dagger atmosphere surrounding the film, a spokeswoman for EON Productions met inquiries about the nature of Brosnan's injuries with a repeated "no comment."

http://story.news.ya...eople_bond_dc_1

[The Admiral]

I'm just really glad that Brosnan insists in doing his own stunts.

I wish him the best in recovering!

[rafterman]

hope he's ok, but if they do have to film with just stuntdoubles, then they can use cgi to graft brosnan's face onto the stuntman, it was done with star wars, it could be used here, better than AVTAK's scenes.....sheeshh...

[Tanger]

[quote]mkkbb (19 Feb, 2002 03:40 p.m.):
Brosnan gets injured in all his Bond films:

[/quote]Back problem in GoldenEye[quote]
Onatopp's fault, no doubt.
[/quote]Cut lip in TND (stuntman's helmet)[quote]
Well if he didn't stand at the side yelling stupid puns he wouldn't get things thrown at him! :-D
[/quote]Burnt back from nuclear test bunker in TWINE[quote]
Never can trust those special effects guys! :-D
[/quote]Knee injury in Bond20[quote]
Running away from McClory. "I want you to star in an unofficial remake of Never Say Never Again. Come back!''
[/quote]Broken fingernail in Bond21 :-D[quote]

:-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D AGGHH! Those little critters are back again!!!

[Blofeld's Cat]

Tyler (19 Feb, 2002 01:14 p.m.):
Tue Feb 19, 7:33 AM ET

LONDON (Reuters) - Actor Pierce Brosnan, usually invincible in the role of secret agent James Bond, has been laid low by a mystery knee injury while filming the latest 007 epic, the movie's production company said Tuesday.
 
"Pierce Brosnan has always pursued the character with extreme physicality. Friday, Brosnan sustained a knee injury during an action sequence involving water," EON Productions said in a statement.

I wonder what is so mysterious about a knee injury sustained during an action scene?

And does the "action sequence involving water" refer to the waterfall fight after the hovewrcraft chase we have all heard about?

[zencat]

I really hope this isn't serious and Pierce makes a full recovery. I could care less about a star "doing his own stunts." And, on a more selfish note, I hope this doesn't become another excuse not to reveal the title next week (if that indeed is the plan).

[Icephoenix]

Hit by a stuntman I belive, now he's got a tiny scar underneath his right nostril (and a little donw more, to the right)

[Bond20]

It seems very serious. He has to undergo surgery to prevent damage.!

[Evil Doctor Cheese]

Shame for him but it's damn cool that Brozzers does his own stunts! Surely they'll get other scenes done... is it possible to re-jig the schedule and not do certain scenes until Brosnan is back ie not use too many stunt doubles. I dunno.. what will happen?

[Icephoenix]

The Hovercraft and Surfing seen pops into my head "involving water"...

[JAWS]

PB got a really nasty cut on the side of his face while filming TND. You can see it on the video (hosted by Desmond L.) that was included in the special edition TND video set (the set that also included the screenplay and photos).

[Tyler]

for those who go directly to message board,
jamesbond.com have issued a statement on the site with the following:
-----------------------------------------------------MGM and producers, Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli of EON Productions, issued the following statement concerning the filming of Bond 20 at Pinewood Studios:
SINCE ASSUMING THE ROLE OF JAMES BOND, PIERCE BROSNAN HAS ALWAYS PURSUED THE CHARACTER WITH EXTREME PHYSICALITY. ON FRIDAY, BROSNAN SUSTAINED A KNEE INJURY DURING AN ACTION SEQUENCE INVOLVING WATER. HE IMMEDIATELY MET WITH DOCTORS WHO RECOMMENDED THAT HE HAVE SURGERY TO PREVENT ANY FURTHER DAMAGE.

DUE TO THESE CIRCUMSTANCES, BROSNAN WILL BE RETURNING TO THE SET ON MARCH 4TH. THIS INCIDENT WILL NOT DELAY THE PLANNED RELEASE DATE OF NOVEMBER 2002.

[scaramanga]

Welcome aboard Xenobia!
Anyway, I read in one report that Brosnan injured his knee whilst filming in Cornwall. I don't know how accurate this is. I thought he was filming at Pinewood studios and the backlot? jamesbond.com officially say that it happened during a stunt "involving water" so i don't know what to believe.

[James Page]

OMG this is turning into TND! :-(

[Tyler]

James Page (19 Feb, 2002 01:28 p.m.):
OMG this is turning into TND! :-(

he had the back injury in ge and got rush to hospital, if i remember correctly.
this's really bad news, hope he's fine.

[Tanger]

White Knight (19 Feb, 2002 04:02 p.m.):
:-D lol, McClory will probably try and make a remake of never say never again. Be careful, he might be watching.

He's always watchin' :-D
Peeping out from his rock somewhere, out in the farthest regions of ''the Land of Hope and McClory'' :-D

[Mister Asterix]

zencat (20 Feb, 2002 06:33 p.m.):(edited)
...And, on a more selfish note, I hope this doesn't become another excuse not to reveal the title next week (if that indeed is the plan).

Amen to that, Brother zencat.

[Tyler]

Wednesday, February 20, 2002
Daily record
BOND film star Pierce Brosnan has undergone emergency surgery after tearing ligaments in his knee during filming.

The actor collapsed in agony while filming aboard a boat in Cornwall for the new 007 movie.

An insider said: "There was a full medical team on set, and they strapped it all up. But he needed a surgeon."

[Xenobia]

Now here is something I did not know, but I thought bears repeating....

According to the book about the making of TND....Pierce has injured his knee before, around Christmas of 1996, and had surgery on that knee.

All this makes me ask the question: Why do a stunt that you know might reinjure or worsen the knee?

By the way...I'm new. But I guess you figured that out.

[JimmyBond]

I'm sure they could fix the scedule, though that means that Brosnan will be filming long after everyone else goes home

Thats what they did with Pedro Armendariz, when he was sick, they fixed the schedule so he could get all his scenes done quickly.

[Mourning Becomes Electra]

Xenobia wrote:

All this makes me ask the question: Why do a stunt that you know might reinjure or worsen the knee?

Well it's really hard to portray Bond physically without using your legs and knees. Unless you want to see Pierce standing still giving his lines and cut to a stuntman to do all his running and jumping for him. (think Roger Moore in AVTAK, not a pretty sight)

Brosnan has said he likes to throw himself physically into the role and that he believes an effective portrayal of Bond requires it. If he couldn't do that anymore I doubt he'd want to continue playing Bond.

As Mr. Asterix said, that doesn't mean he has to be Jackie Chan, doing all his own stunts, but some stunts will be done by him and I agree should be done by him. It adds to the film and the believabilty of the actor in the role.

By most accounts it's not a serious injury since he's suppossed to be back to work within 2 weeks. It's an injury he could just as easily have got playing tennis. And it's a far less severe injury than many actors routinely suffer making action films.

MBE

[White Knight]

oh, by the way here is the link to the site.

http://www.cnn.com/2...eut/index.html: CNN Pierce Brosnan

[White Knight]

God, I hope he's ok.

[scaramanga]

I'm glad Brosnan is doing his own stunts, although for all we know he might not have injured himself whilst filming. Shame, Eon could have got

[JimmyBond]

I know people here dislike us posting stuff we read from that other forum. I felt this was important though. Pierce B said Brosnan is on set today. He didnt say if Brosan really did get the injury or not. Perhaps he did, but it just wasnt as bad as the media reported.

[Tanger]

White Knight (19 Feb, 2002 02:42 p.m.):
I guess, but there is just something about computer graphics in a classic movie that I don't like, CG's can be really bad looking, but on the other hand pretty good. It depends on the effect.

I generally think that it would'nt work too well in a Bond movie. Could you imagine if they went back to the old movies and did this? Especially in AVTAK when the roof comes of the car. It would look too phoney I reckon.
Computers can do a lot in big movies like this, but the still haven't quite got the hang of making it look real - it still looks...well, computer generated. Have you seen in The Mummy Returns, where they grafted the Rock's head onto that scorpion creature? It still looks totally fake and computer generated.
Come to think of it, even the scenes with the rotting mummy in look fake!

[White Knight]

:-D lol, McClory will probably try and make a remake of never say never again. Be careful, he might be watching.

[White Knight]

lol, i just love it that Pierce Brosnan wants to do his stunts, or at least most of them, he's the Jackie Chan of James Bond,lol.

[White Knight]

I guess, but there is just something about computer graphics in a classic movie that I don't like, CG's can be really bad looking, but on the other hand pretty good. It depends on the effect.

[Mister Asterix]

Bond20 (20 Feb, 2002 07:49 p.m.):
You're really selective to your amen.

Well, yes, I should have also give a big amen to zencat's first part about Pierce making a full recovery and not being serious.

I split the quote because I was making sure I didn't amen the 'doing his own stunts' part. It's not that I think Pierce should or needs to do his own stunts, but as a serious Jackie Chan fan, I see an advantage with the audience knowing that the star is doing the stunt. So I couldn't 100% agree with zencat on that issue (maybe 85%).