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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Catherine Shoard

‘Chops, talent and charisma’: Pierce Brosnan backs Aaron Taylor-Johnson as James Bond

‘Grown into a wonderful actor’ …  Aaron Taylor-Johnson
‘Grown into a wonderful actor’ … Aaron Taylor-Johnson. Photograph: José Ignacio Viseras/GTRES/REX/Shutterstock

Pierce Brosnan has become the latest former 007 to give his blessing to Aaron Taylor-Johnson taking over the role of the spy.

Brosnan, who played the intelligence agent in GoldenEye, Tomorrow Never Dies, The World Is Not Enough and Die Another Day, was speaking on RTÉ Radio’s The Ray D’Arcy Show, and discussed acting alongside the younger star in 2009 film The Greatest, in which they played father and son.

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