Remington Steele
Anyone here watch this TV series that Pierce Brosnan starred years before he became Bond, and also cost him the role of Bond before Timothy Dalton stepped in
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Thought about it, but just never got around to it.
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Never watched it but I've heard about it.
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shareYes. It was fun, in the spirit of the similar MOONLIGHTING with Bruce.
I'm motivated by my Duty.
Yes. Easy going lighthearted 80s fare, in the tradition of those 40s romantic detective movies like THE THIN MAN.
Pierce was the REAL reason to watch, though. And his penchant for quoting film titles at every opportunity was a particular delight.
Connery, Moore, and Brosnan! Accept NO substitutes!
I actually watched a lot of early RS. I liked it better when he was more-or-less a pretender, fueled by movie delusion. He morphed into a more legit action/romantic hero as the show went on, and I found that less entertaining (though, far more "next Bond" talk fueling).
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Yes, I enjoyed the series quite a bit, I watched a few seasons of it and surpringly RS still held up really well when I re watched the first season on Hulu last year. Though it doesn't seem Pierce holds it in the highest regard.
The series definitely highlights Pierce's qualifications to play Bond... The look, the charisma, his comedy chops and timing which are both surpringly excellent. And to be honest i actually preferred this show to Bruce Willis's more popular and similar styled, Moonlighting, primarily due to Brosnan's performance and natural likability.
I'd also say he had great chemistry with the actual lead, Stephanie Zimbalist, even if there were rumors that the two hated working with one another.
He definitely got *beep* over by RS. They dangle him on the cancellation, tell him to go be Bond and cancel it, he signs the contract and is literally about to go shoot Bond when they bring it back for a full season order, which is the actual reason Cubby passed on him, then they only shot the 6 episodes that Cubby had asked for in negotiations (they turned it down) and canned it again after Dalton signed on the dotted line. The point? It sounded like intentional and he still could have been Bond.