Pierce Brosnan

Farrell laughed off the notion and suggested that Brosnan was only joking. On November 26, 2003, Chespirito and Florinda Meza received the keys to the city of Cicero, Illinois. Regardless, rumors still persist as to who will take over the role of James Bond with latest gossip in November 2004 that Brosnan is backing fellow Irishman Colin Farrell to succeed him. After show production was stopped both for El Chavo and El Chapulín, both started to tour Mexico and the rest of Latin America and the United States with different plays, sometimes playing the characters that made them famous. In October 2004, however, Brosnan claimed that he was fired and that "its absolutely over". He married actress Florinda Meza, who starred as Doña Florinda in El Chavo and who occasionally participated in El Chapulín. In September 2004 Brosnan stated that Entertainment Weekly had misquoted him and that he actually meant that he was done talking about James Bond. He also started in such Mexican movies as El Chanfle, and El Chanfle 2.

Among the reported front-runners: Australians Hugh Jackman and Eric Bana, Britons Clive Owen, James Purefoy, Jude Law, Gerard Butler, and longshot Orlando Bloom. These two shows became hits all over Latin America, the United States and Spain, and the stars of the show found international fame. Even after the denials, in July 2004 Brosnan was quoted in Entertainment Weekly as saying "That's it, I've said all I've got to say on the world of James Bond. Bond is another lifetime behind me." As the summer of 2004 progressed, an endless stream of potential new Bonds were rumored and even falsely announced by some media as the next Bond, though EON Productions has yet to make any official announcement. In El Chavo Del Ocho, Chespirito played a kid who lived inside a beer barrel in a Mexican neighborhood, and in El Chapulín Colorado he played a good hearted super hero who always got involved in funny situations. After a few days, the rumour was officially denied by a range of people: by EON themselves, by Brosnan, by MGM, and even by the agent of Hugh Jackman, one of Brosnan's rumoured successors. His best known roles were in the shows El Chavo Del Ocho and El Chapulín Colorado, as El Chavo and El Chapulín. This was duly picked up by newspapers and websites across the world. His stage name of Chespirito was concocted from the dimutive form the Mexican pronunciation of the name of William Shakespeare, meaning "Little Shakepeare" or "Little Boy Shakespeare".

The Daily Mail published an article in February 2004 claiming that Brosnan had been sacked and that EON Productions were looking for a newer, younger actor, based on an un-named source within EON. He continuously starred in shows on Mexican television from 1970 to 1995 and became well known throughout Latin America. However, early in 2004, the media began to question whether Brosnan would be returning in the role. The network quickly signed him and soon he began writing and starring in his children comedy shows. Perhaps mindful that fans and critics weren't too happy about Roger Moore playing the role well into his 50's, Brosnan had previously stated that Bond 21 would be his final outing as Bond. Chespirito was discovered as an actor one day as he was making a line to apply for a job as a writer at Televisa. James Bond Films. He began studying Engineering at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, and, according to one of his professors, Esteban Salinas Elorriaga, now professor emeritus, Chespirito was great in math. He wrote a number of plays, and contributed dialogue for scripts of films and television shows in Mexico, as well as some character acting work before he became famous.

For a time there was a rumor that Brosnan was forbidden by his Bond contract from appearing in a tuxedo in any non-Bond film, but this turned out to be false. Before becoming an actor, he was an amateur boxer. This request was granted, and Brosnan usually appears in two other films for every time he plays James Bond (including several that he has produced). Gómez Bolaños was born in Mexico City. Brosnan is aware of the dangers of becoming typecast as James Bond, and asked EON Productions when he took on the role to be allowed time off between films to work on another project. Chespirito (born February 21, 1929 ) is the professional name of Mexican writer, actor, comedian, and songwriter Roberto Gómez Bolaños. During this time, Dalton announced he was no longer interested in playing Bond, which opened the door for Brosnan to win the role in 1994.

Legal squabbles over ownership of the Bond film franchise resulted in the 1991 Bond film being cancelled as the series went on a hiatus. Dalton would make two critically popular but commercially disappointing Bond films. The attendant publicity resulted in Steele receiving a last-minute renewal, and Brosnan had to back out of the role, which then went to Timothy Dalton. In 1986, following the retirement of Roger Moore as James Bond, Brosnan, whose Remington Steele series had just ended, was announced as his successor.

Brosnan is the father of three American sons and has lived in the United States for over 20 years. On September 23, 2004 Pierce Brosnan received his US Citizenship. As an Irish citizen he is ineligible to receive a full honour, which can only be awarded to a British subject. In July 2003 it was announced that he had been awarded an Honorary OBE by Queen Elizabeth II for an "outstanding contribution to the British film industry".

In 2001 he married Keely Shaye Smith. Brosnan's first wife, the Australian actress Cassandra Harris, died of ovarian cancer in 1991 after 11 years of marriage. In the mid-1980s, he became a star in the USA as the title character of the NBC detective series Remington Steele. Brosnan was born in Navan, County Meath in the Republic of Ireland, and was raised in England.

He is credited with reviving the Bond franchise after the critically acclaimed but commercially unsuccessful films starring Timothy Dalton. He is best known for his portrayal of the James Bond character in four films: GoldenEye, Tomorrow Never Dies, The World Is Not Enough, and Die Another Day. Pierce Brendan Brosnan, OBE (born May 16, 1953) is an Irish film actor and producer. After the Sunset (2004).

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