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[Qwerty]

From CBn's Main Page...

Brosnan Bares All For Playboy
Caution: Parents (and George Lazenby fans) be advised...

[Bondian]

How very unprofessional and indigent behaviour from both parties.

[Loomis]

Oh, well.

[Donovan]

My guess is since it was a response to a question in an interview, the question was probably posed like: "George Lazenby thinks you suck." and Brosnan, who rightly considers himself a professional actor, dismisses Lazenby as a pretender. It is interesting how over the years (10 now) that the two have bickered through the press.

[trumanlodge89]

pierce could've easily taken the high road on this one. regardless of what lazenby said, pierce is the one in the spotlight, and this just makes him look bad. which he seems to do quite a bit lately.

[Qwerty]

It is interesting how over the years (10 now) that the two have bickered through the press.

I definitely haven't noticed it until this point.

[tdalton]

Very unprofessional on both counts. And, this may shock some people, but I'm going to stick up for Brosnan on this one. George Lazenby has no place to criticize Brosnan as an actor, as Lazenby is not an actor himself. While I would have expected more professional behavior from Brosnan, I can understand where he's coming from, being criticized by someone who is generally regarded by the general public as the weakest of the actors to play Bond.

[Loomis]

I remember Brosnan seeming to sneer at Lazenby in an interview, dubbing him "the Crunchie guy". See the following thread:

http://debrief.comma...showtopic=13763

But Lazenby doesn't appear to be doing himself any favours, either.

[james st.john smythe]

brosnan is one greedy dude

[crheath]

I think George Lazengy was just upset that he's such a forgotten Bond and not in the spotlight. With Brosnan just being fired, he's starting to go through the same anger.

[Andrew]

The funny thing is that Lazenby played the character better in his one film than Brosnan did in his four.

[zencat]

This is the first tidbit out of the upcoming Pierce Brosnan interview which is going to be candid to say the least.

Still, how petty of Pierce. Is it just me, or has the guy suddenly become a jerk?

[ComplimentsOfSharky]

They can't all be Roger, I guess.

[Sir Miles]

I, too, would have expected Brosnan to take the moral high ground and I think it's a little harsh to call him a jerk, but he does have a film to promote

[DLibrasnow]

http://commanderbond...item&item=26731

This doesn't seem like something he would say...

On the contrary, given Brosnan's comments earlier this year about EON and the Bond character it sounds exactly like the sort of thing he would say.

[Mister Asterix]

[mra]Okay, just to get this straight. Did Laz say his remarks about Broz

[Royal Dalton]

The George Lazenby quote is from eight or nine years ago, and Lazenby has denied ever saying it.

[David Schofield]

I think George Lazengy was just upset that he's such a forgotten Bond and not in the spotlight.  With Brosnan just being fired, he's starting to go through the same anger.

The funny thing is that Lazenby played the character better in his one film than Brosnan did in his four.

They probably both deserve each other - Laz the man who chucked Bond up when he could have been the best, Brozza who thought he was the best and therefore indispensible and then got chucked.

And it is true, Laz was a better Bond than Broz, regardless of "acting" ability.

[crheath]

The George Lazenby quote is from eight or nine years ago, and Lazenby has denied ever saying it.

That's very interesting info. If that's the case, Brosnan is the real jerk here.

[Mister Asterix]

The George Lazenby quote is from eight or nine years ago, and Lazenby has denied ever saying it.

[mra]Thanks, Royal D. I

[zencat]

I just holding my breath waiting for what Pierce is going to say about Mickey and Babs in this Playboy interview.

[DLibrasnow]

Hopefully he will be more like Roger and be gracious, but I don't expect him to be. I expect him to be a complete jerk.

[Kara Milovy]

I don't know why people would be surprised, Pierce has always had too much mouth with the press, going back to his Remington Steele days.

But it's also interesting to understand how Playboy interviews work. Playboy interviewers spend an enormous amount of time over numerous sessions with their subjects. So, it's maybe ten days (spread out over a month or two) several hours a day. The subject gets relaxed, gets candid, blurts. This is why Playboy has such famous interviews, this is why the stuff said in Playboy interviews remains among the most famous quotes offered by an enormous variety of people. This is why, all these years later, we're still talking about the Connery Playboy interview. You don't get that kind of off-the-cuff intimacy from a press junket.

[Lounge Lizard]

They probably both deserve each other - Laz the man who chucked Bond up when he could have been the best, Brozza who thought he was the best and therefore indispensible and then got chucked.

And it is true, Laz was a better Bond than Broz, regardless of "acting" ability.

Excellent observation, my thoughts exactly.

Tim & Sir Roger, still the only Bonds who haven't been nasty and bitter afterwards.

[Tarl_Cabot]

The criticism is perfectly valid. If someone asked George "what do you think of Brosnan's intrepretation of 007?" and he replied with an honest if unflattering answer than I don't see why that's a sin against mankind; Moore stated he deliberately avoided Dalton's films because he is a very honest and opinionated guy and he didn't want to slam the new guy if he thought he wasn't good. I agree with george too. Brosnan was too emotional and too lifetime channel friendly as Bond. Bond should be open to romance but should be ready to hit the eject button at the drop of a dime too.Connery critiqued Dalton too, btw.

[Jim]

Is it just me, or has the guy suddenly become a jerk?

It's not just you; although "suddenly"... hmm...

Still, no-one's yet read this in full so it's possible he's been misquoted, but I do hope in due course that Mr Brosnan achieves (dread phrase) closure on James Bond, everyone moves on and we cease to be bothered with this.

[Kalel577]

What did Connery have to say about Dalton?

[Bondian]

What did Connery have to say about Dalton?

As I recall, Connery said "James Bond is in good hands with Timothy Dalton!". I cannot recall any bad mouthing by him.

[Scorpion]

[quote name='Mister Asterix' date='3 November 2005 - 19:36'][mra]Okay, just to get this straight. Did Laz say his remarks about Broz

[Qwerty]

I don't know why people would be surprised, Pierce has always had too much mouth with the press, going back to his Remington Steele days.

I just find it surprising he'd say something about a fellow Bond star.