Pierce Brosnan talks about upcoming movie projects

MovieHole interviewed former James Bond star Pierce Brosnan who is promoting his new film "The Greatest" at the Sundance Film Festival this week. Brosnan talked about his upcoming projects...

Question: Bond is something that obviously gave you opportunities that you would never have, perhaps, had.

Brosnan: Yeah. The Bond franchise was brilliant timing. And was - I'm forever grateful to play that role, and to be part of that coterie of men, that small club. And, you know, from that, it allowed me to create Irish DreamTime, and make my own movies, which wouldn't necessarily come my way. Like The Matador, or like this film, The Greatest.

Question: What's your next project? Do you know?

Brosnan: With Marleen Gorris, it's called Heaven and Earth and I'm going off to South Africa, to do this film, set in 1826, about the first Governor of Capetown. It's a true story about Lord Charles Somerset, who falls in love with his doctor. And then I'm going to work with Mr. Roman Polanski on The Ghost.

Question: And what's happening with Topkapi?

Brosnan: We are full steam ahead. Full steam ahead. If we do not have it by this year, then we shall just say we gave a best effort. But Mary Parent is a magnificent supporter of the piece. Mr. Paul Verhoeven is still with us as a director and we have great executives over there at MGM now, who are passionate to make this film. So, we have a fabulous writer.

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