License to kill that question.
Pierce Brosnan shut down a question about whether or not James Bond would enjoy Christmas during an interview with UK’s The Times published Friday.
“Of course he would enjoy Christmas!” Brosnan, 72, responded, before he refused to answer a follow-up question about if Bond would prefer avoiding the holidays.
“I don’t really want to answer the question, and I’m not going to answer the question,” the Irish actor insisted. “Because I couldn’t give a f–k! Why would I waste my time thinking about where James Bond would be at Christmas?”
Brosnan then randomly shared his own holiday plans.
“I know where Pierce Brosnan’s going to be spending Christmas! At home with my wife, in my little island retreat in Hawaii!” he said.
But as the “Mamma Mia!” star began speaking about his Hawaii home, he apologized to the reporter for his reaction to the Bond question.
“I’m sorry for not being able to help you with James Bond,” he said. “It’s something that’ll go on until the day is done.”
“[Sean] Connery was the same: ‘Don’t ever ask! Don’t ever ask!’” Brosnan continued. “But, you know, I’m as excited as the next man or woman to find out who’s going to play that role again. It’s always exciting. I loved Sean, I loved Roger [Moore], Daniel [Craig] is amazing, and Tim Dalton was amazing, too.”
During Brosnan’s seven years as Bond, he appeared in four films, including “GoldenEye” in 1995, “Tomorrow Never Dies” in 1997, “The World Is Not Enough” in 1999, and 2002’s “Die Another Day.”
He was the fifth actor to play the lead in the franchise, after Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Roger Moore and Timothy Dalton.
During The Times interview, Brosnan said he hasn’t rewatched his Bond movies with any of his sons.
“I don’t look at the movies,” he told the reporter. “I’ve never seen the Bond movies with my boys. I don’t know why. They’re just tucked away.”
In August, Brosnan confirmed he’d return as 007 in the franchise’s next film set to be directed by Denis Villeneuve.
“If Villeneuve had something up his sleeve, I would look at it in a heartbeat,” Brosnan told the Radio Times. “Why not? It’s great entertainment. It could be lots of laughs. Bald caps, prosthetics… who knows?”
Brosnan also said that he’s “been listening to the drumbeat of expectation of who’s going to be the next James Bond.”
“There are many great candidates out there, and I’m sure they’re going to make it a spectacle of delight,” he added.
