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Davina McCall chats up former 007 Pierce Brosnan
Hollywood heartthrob Pierce Brosnan reveals how he really feels about letting someone step into his James Bond shoes when he talks to Davina McCall on her new BBC ONE chat show Davina.
And he shares some secrets about his new role as a down and dirty assassin in his new film The Matador.
On being James Bond, Pierce says: "My contract was always to do four movies so I knew that the curtain was going to fall at some point.
"But when the producers moved the goalposts, it did come as a surprise."
When he heard the news that he would no longer be James Bond: "I was in the Bahamas making a film called After the Sunset and my agents called to say that negotiations had stopped.
"I can't say I was sad really, it was just par for the course. You can't let those moments hamper your life."
On whether he would do it again? "I had my day in the sun with that role and I think Daniel Craig will be great."
On his new film in which he plays Julian Noble: "The Matador came along at the perfect time... I did get cold feet one weekend though because I thought it was too much of a sharp left turn.
"There's some quite outrageous dialogue and you're not really sure of Julian's sexuality but we made a few small changes and now I love it."
And on filming The Matador in Mexico: "I had a bodyguard with me at all times when we were filming which I thought was overkill.
"But during the first week of filming one of the crew was mugged right outside the studios. My wife Keely was a bit apprehensive as we all were."
Davina also welcomes to the show star of BBC ONE's Judge John Deed, Martin Shaw; stand-up comedian and presenter of Fame Academy and Celebrity Love Island Patrick Kielty; and Irish boy band Westlife who also perform their new single Amazing.
Additional music on tonight's show - Wednesday 22 February, 8.00pm, BBC ONE - comes from singer-songwriter Corinne Bailey Rae.
Guests for next week’s show - Wednesday 1 March at 7.00pm on BBC ONE - will include Gordon Ramsay and Neil Morrissey plus music from The Sugababes singing their new single Red Dress and Orson performing No Tomorrow.
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