Pierce Brosnan. . .the Master of Food Acting

Pierce Brosnan is cool. He was cool in Remington Steele, he was cool in the Diet Coke ad that was a “James Bond-esque” thriller of a commercial where he’s jumping all over a moving train just to snag a sip of Diet Coke, and of course he was a bad-ass cool in his four shots at James Bond. Undoubtedly cool. Of course, it could also be argued that since he gave up the reigns (it wasn’t really his choice, mind you) to James Bond, that he’s become a sort of laughing stock of character acting. . . .especially if you’ve seen, or know anyone that’s seen Mamma Mia. If you haven’t seen it, just ask anyone that has. . .you will barely get through the sentence “What did you think of Pierce Brosnan in that movie?” before they will answer, “SHIT . he’s absolute shit and had no business being in it in the first place.” Frankly, if you ask me, any movie where he appears having a full beard and mustache also tends to steer him way over the top (SEE ROBINSON CRUSOE AND PERCY JACKSON AND THE THIEVES OF TOO LONG OF A MOVIE TITLE) But the one performance that solidified his place in the Hollywood Bad-Ass Hall of Fame for me is his portrayal of the title role in the 1999 remake of The Thomas Crown Affair. It wasn’t the moments where he’s giving Rene Russo a stiff one across his library table or even the dancing seen where he’s so cool they had to put Russo in a see thru dress just to bring her to his level. No, I’m talking about the way that man uses food to punctuate. There are three scenes in that movie where he is eating and in each one there is no one that handles a bottle of champagne (WITH TWO GLASSES AT ONCE) or a slice of tomato better. There is an art to this type of “food-acting” and Pierce Brosnan, my friends, is Michelangelo!