Halle Berry says Pierce Brosnan restored her religion in males

For Halle Berry, James Bond is Pierce Brosnan. Without end.

“He’ll at all times be my Bond, at all times. I am a Pierce Brosnan fan,” Berry, Brosnan’s costar within the 2002 Bond film Die One other Day, informed Wired on Thursday. “He restored my religion in males on that film. There could not be a human who’s extra of a gentleman than Pierce Brosnan.”

The Oscar winner was answering a number of the searched questions on the web about her when she made the feedback. Her work within the British spy franchise got here up as a result of individuals apparently typically surprise if she was in a Bond movie.

Die One other Day featured Berry as Jinx Johnson, an NSA operative who teamed up with 007 each personally and professionally. The movie was Brosnan’s closing spin within the position, following his turns in GoldenEye, Tomorrow By no means Dies, and The World Is Not Sufficient.

Berry’s work with Brosnan adopted Monster’s Ball, wherein she costarred with Billy Bob Thornton and for which she was later awarded the Oscar. She hadn’t anticipated a job like Jinx.

“Bond wasn’t on my wishlist, no, to be in a single,” Berry stated, “however I liked the films at all times. However having been in a single, I really feel like I am part of cinematic historical past. These films are iconic. They may without end be part of our historical past, and I am actually honored to have been part of one, particularly with Pierce.”

Within the two years following her Bond outing, Berry starred in high-profile roles, together with Storm in X2: X-Males United and the title position in Catwoman. The latter was panned, and, 20 years after its launch, maintains a paltry 8 % rating, based mostly on 197 opinions, on Rotten Tomatoes.

Nonetheless, she does not seem to remorse it.

“I liked it,” Berry informed Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Present this week. “It acquired panned. The critics stated it sucked balls. And balls aren’t that unhealthy.”

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