Pierce Brosnan has spoken about his most shocking experience filming James Bond and opened up about whether he will return to the 007 franchise.

Speaking during an upcoming appearance on the Jonathan Ross Show, the actor, 71, revealed a horrific injury he suffered while shooting a scene on on a boat.

When asked about getting injured, he says: ‘Yeah I did. It [the boat] goes off the river into a restaurant, drives into a restaurant, wood sliced my face open. So, went off to the hospital, sтιтched up.’

Pierce adds: ‘You live with the injuries. Daniel [Craig] threw himself at everything. He was truly magnificent. His courage to do that and to endure so much was really impressive. Playing that role you will get hurt, there’s no question about it. You have to have stamina.’

Pierce has previously revealed that while filming Tomorrow Never Dies, he was accidentally struck in the face by a stuntman. 

The mishap left a pretty significant scar above his lip. The film’s scenes had to be filmed from his left side in order to hide the new injury from the camera. 

Pierce Brosnan has spoken about his most shocking experience filming James Bond and opened up about whether he will return to the 007 franchise

Speaking during an upcoming appearance on the Jonathan Ross Show, the actor, 71, revealed a horrific injury he suffered while shooting a scene on on a boat (pictured in 2002)

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Discussing rumours about potentially playing an older Bond figure, Pierce says: ‘No-one’s spoken to me about it. I’ve heard all of the rumours. Listen, they know where to find me. Let’s see where the wind takes us.’

He then adds: ‘It’s going to be another man’s job. I’m not looking to go there. I’m quite happy with my career. I’ve done it, it was wonderful. Delightful kind of notion to contemplate.’

Pierce also discussed the most memorable moments, saying ‘going down the Thames in the bullet boat was pretty impressive. 

‘I was in that boat, yes… on a Monday morning said goodbye to the wife and kids, there’s an oxygen tank here, there’s an oxygen tank there… you’re strapped in double, double. 

‘They said, ‘If you flip, you’re going to go to the hospital to have your stomach pumped.’ That was memorable.’

The star also spoke fondly about being recognised for playing James Bond, he said: ‘I’m recognised. He’s with me for life [Bond]. It was great. A magical time in my life. 

‘It opened a lot of doors and allowed me to go off and form my own company and make my own movies – The Thomas Crown Affair/ The Matador – it gave me access to a whole other world as an actor, employment.’

Speaking also about rumours Aaron Taylor-Johnson is in the running he says: ‘I think he would make a very fine Bond. He was actually in one of the movies I made called The Greatest. This young man we cast as “The Greatest”. 

When asked about getting injured, he says: ‘Yeah I did. It [the boat] goes off the river into a restaurant, drives into a restaurant, wood sliced my face open. So, went off to the hospital, sтιтched up’

Pierce also discussed the most memorable moments, saying ‘going down the Thames in the bullet boat was pretty impressive (pictured in Golden Eye)

Pierce has previously revealed that while filming Tomorrow Never Dies, he was accidentally struck in the face by a stuntman

‘He was so impressive then. He just had this charisma, he had this presence… so he would be good. But there’s many men on the list I’m sure.’

Credited with helping Daniel Craig decide to take on the role, Pierce says: ‘I don’t know if I helped Daniel make up his mind. Daniel is his own man. We talked about that period of time and said, ‘Go do it. You’ve got it, run with it.’

Discussing his new Paramount+ series MobLand in which he stars alongside Dame Helen Mirren and Tom Hardy he explains: ‘Guy Ritchie sent me five episodes last summer and it’s North London/ South London but an Irish family. I thought I was going to do an English accent. He said, ‘Don’t worry we’ll sort it out on the day, put it out of your mind.’

He said, ‘Don’t worry we’ll sort it out on the day, put it out of your mind.’

Pierce admits: ‘I worried about it for the next five weeks. Day one it’s Tom Hardy and myself, a three-page scene and he [Ritchie] said, ‘Go Irish, more Irish.’ I can’t remember what my Irish accent sounds like. 

‘It’s not that strong… I called my dear friend who is a dialect coach and said, ‘I need an accent, a Kerry accent.’ He said, ‘Take a look at this guy.’ So I got a Kerry accent. It all came together in 15 minutes.’

On working with Dame Helen, Pierce says: ‘My first film was a film called The Long Good Friday, a classic British gangster movie. I was in that film with her [Helen], but I’d really never seen the lady since then. Last year we did the The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman.’

Asked if he likes to watch himself act, Pierce says: ‘No, it’s very painful.’ He adds: ‘I’m happy with this work, I think it’s strong work. Everyone in the cast is brilliant. To be with Helen was a dream. We spent the summer together on Thursday Murder Club.’

Pierce also discussed the most memorable moments, saying ‘going down the Thames in the bullet boat was pretty impressive (pictured with Britt Lower, Adam Scott)

Later in the show Pierce discusses moving from being the love interest to the dad in roles now: ‘Oh sure, yes, it’s happening to me as we speak. Your career moves on and you grow out of a certain age. It’s as simple as that. You have to make peace with it.’ 

Speaking about the fun he had filming Mamma Mia! he says: ‘It was beautiful. It was criminal how much fun we had on that movie. No acting required really. It was one of the most pleasurable times of my career as an actor. Hopefully there’ll be a third one.’

He also reveals he took the film round to friend Barbra Streisand’s house as she wanted to watch it: ‘She had me up on the couch beside me. She said, ‘Wonderful, darling.’ She had a little dog. I tapped her on the knee and then the dog bit me. Drew blood! So that was my experience showing Streisand [the movie].’