Pierce Brosnan famously played Agent 007 in four of the franchise's films.
is continuing to win hearts with his larger-than-life film and TV roles — and he’s made a fan out of Pierce Brosnan.
While attending the annual Oscar Wilde Awards on Thursday, Brosnan told the BBC he thinks Murphy would make a great Brosnan, 70, famously played Agent 007 in four of the franchise’s films from 1995 to 2002. He is the fifth actor to play the martini-swilling English spy. “Cillian would do a magnificent job as James Bond on His Majesty’s Secret Service,” Brosnan said of his fellow Irishman.Murphy was also in attendance at the Oscar Wilde Awards this week. When asked by Hello Magazine if he’d heard the rumours about him playing Bond, the actorAt the Oscar Wilde Awards, which were held at JJ Abrams’ Bad Robot Productions in Santa Monica, Calif., Brosnan was honoured for his contributions to cinema.