Pierce Brosnan calm amid reported 007 hunt

The producers of the James Bond franchise may be doubting their choice of leading man, but Pierce Brosnan - who has portrayed the suave superspy four times - is hardly worried; he`s beginning filming in Mexico on another movie, "The Matador", report the Associated Press.

"The producers last year invited me back, and I said `Yes`," Brosnan told journalists in Mexico City, where he is shooting "The Matador," in which he plays a hit man at the end of his game.

"They (the Bond producers) now seem to be in a malaise of confusion as to how to go forward," Brosnan added.



When asked Thursday who he would like to be the next James Bond, Pierce Brosnan leaned toward his microphone, locked eyes with the reporter and answered in a clear, determined voice: "Me."

Looking more like a weekend yachter Thursday - dressed in a button-down white shirt and navy sport jacket, and donning a bushy, graying mustache - than the well-groomed 007, Brosnan said he`s "very happy" with his other projects.

"They (the Bond producers) know where to find me if they want me for the next one," he said.

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