10 Actors Bullied Into Roles They Never Wanted - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

TMC · 06-13-2013, 04:34 AM

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9. Pierce Brosnan – Remington Steele

In his early career, Pierce Brosnan must have been counting his lucky stars that he landed the Remington Steele gig, though his role in the popular romantic detective show ended up being a grand source of anguish for the actor, who ended up having to drop out of his original placement in the James Bond franchise because of it.

A personal choice of Albert R. Broccoli, it seemed like smooth sailing for Brosnan in 1986, as Remington Steele had just been cancelled and he could seamlessly glide from one job to the next. NBC, however, had other plans.

The publicity of Brosnan being announced as Bond allowed NBC to crassly renew the show and Brosnan had to decline the role as he was, yes, contractually obliged to appear on the show.

Timothy Dalton instead filled in for two films, and in 1995, Brosnan finally got to live the dream by playing James Bond, ably in what were admittedly the spy’s worst entries on the whole.

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king of comedy · 06-13-2013, 07:20 AM

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Jewel of the Nile was a terrible sequel and I'm glad that I didn't see 43. I thought that Pierce Brosnan was good as Bond.

biffbronson · 06-13-2013, 02:44 PM

He had the look, that's for sure.

MeTV is still using a small clip of him in their promotional spots, even though they've totally dropped Remington Steele from their programming.

robyrob · 06-13-2013, 07:07 PM

he wasn't bullied into the role - NBC just wouldn't let him out of it, instead holding him till the end of his contract and then holding back the final season episodes for as long as possible.

TMC · 07-21-2013, 03:56 AM

king of comedy · 07-21-2013, 05:58 PM

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Timothy Dalton was very underrated as Bond. I wished he had make a third one.

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