Pierce Brosnan random trivia

Was orignally chosen to play 007 in 1986, but his contract with the TV series "Remington Steele" prevented him from doing so. Instead, the role went to Timothy Dalton. Early in his screen career he portrayed the character of Remington Steele, in the show of the same title. His character was a career crimnal gone "straight" as a private investigator, with an amazing knowledge of and obsession with classic cinema. In the episode "To Catch a Steele" (original airdate 11-Feb-1983, episode 15) Remington Steele equates the case he is working on to the original movie, The Thomas Crown Affair, starring Faye Dunaway and Steve McQueen. 16 years later he starred in the remake of that movie. The very first film he claims to have seen is the 007 movie Goldfinger (1964).