You almost wonder what he'd have made of starring in Dalton's more dramatic and violent films. Finally, Die Another Day means Brosnan is forced to bow out with a true dud, weighed down by product placement and silly imagery like an invisible car, which is a little unfair. GoldenEye is a post-Cold War classic and a top five Bond movie, while Tomorrow Never Dies and The World is Not Enough are middling by comparison. His performance throughout his four movies is consistent, but the films are not. The actor waited so many years to get the part – he initially missed out back in 1987, when a TV show contract for NBC's forgotten Remington Steele stopped him from becoming 007.
He was a perfect '90s Bond, bringing humor back to the character along with charm and a terrific head of hair. A great Bond with only a single classic movie to his name, Pierce Brosnan's passion for the role was obvious.
