Pierce Brosnon has had a funny relationship with the James Bond franchise. They wanted him back during his Remington Steele days but NBC wouldn't let him out of his contract. Once Timothy Dalton (father of Oksana Sugartits Greigoriva's first child) was cast, NBC canceled Steele. Dalton's second run as Bond wasn't so good, and finally Brosnan got his chance. Though he was popular in the role, as Brosnan reveals in the following interview, he was unceremoniously dropped from the role. As Pierce says, it's always been a cruel business.
So Hollywood executives have done what Soviet spies & SMERSH never could - get rid of 007! It's probably no consolation to PB, but arguably the best Bond film ever was Her Majesty's Secret Service with George Lazenby. That was to be Lazenby's one and only run in the role.
