{"id":8556,"date":"2025-11-03T08:08:16","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T08:08:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/?p=8556"},"modified":"2025-11-03T08:08:16","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T08:08:16","slug":"he-chose-family-over-the-spotlight-pierce-brosnans-son-defends-the-former-007-actor-revealing-why-hes-living-a-hermit-like-life-in-hawaii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/?p=8556","title":{"rendered":"“He Chose Family Over the Spotlight” \u2014 Pierce Brosnan\u2019s Son Defends the Former 007 Actor, Revealing Why He’s Living a ‘Hermit-Like’ Life in Hawaii."},"content":{"rendered":"

Pierce Brosnan \u2014 one of the most recognisable actors to ever take the 007 mantle \u2014 has recently found himself the subject of a curious public narrative.<\/span><\/p>\n

A series of online threads and comments have suggested the Irish-born star is \u201cavoiding Hollywood,\u201d living a \u201chermit-like\u201d existence between his homes in Malibu and Hawai\u2018i. Some commenters even claimed his quieter public profile proves he is a \u201chas-been no one calls anymore.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The picture shifts significantly when his own family is added to the conversation.<\/span><\/p>\n

His son, Paris Brosnan, spoke plainly about where his father\u2019s priorities currently are.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cDad turned down three big projects this year just to spend time painting and taking us surfing. He chose family over the spotlight \u2014 that is the greatest success.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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The data: working less is not the same as not being wanted<\/span><\/h3>\n

The suggestion that Brosnan has vanished from the industry does not align with his recent credits.<\/span><\/p>\n

Recent projects include:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Year<\/span><\/th>\nTitle<\/span><\/th>\nRole<\/span><\/th>\nNote<\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
2023<\/span><\/td>\nBlack Adam<\/em><\/span><\/td>\nDoctor Fate<\/span><\/td>\nDC franchise, global release<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2023<\/span><\/td>\nThe Last Rifleman<\/em><\/span><\/td>\nArtie Crawford<\/span><\/td>\nLead in a drama based on real events<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2021<\/span><\/td>\nCinderella<\/em><\/span><\/td>\nKing Rowan<\/span><\/td>\nMajor streaming platform musical<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2020<\/span><\/td>\nEurovision Song Contest<\/em><\/span><\/td>\nErick Erickssong<\/span><\/td>\nNetflix comedy<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Alongside that screen work, Brosnan staged his first solo art exhibition, So Many Dreams<\/em>, in Los Angeles in 2023 \u2014 a retrospective spanning decades.<\/span><\/p>\n

So the pivot is not a disappearance.<\/span>
It is redistributing time \u2014 towards the easel, and towards his children.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The canvas has been there all along<\/span><\/h3>\n

Brosnan\u2019s connection to painting reaches back to the late 1980s \u2014 during the difficult period of his first wife\u2019s illness. He has described painting then as a method of grounding himself in the face of emotional strain.<\/span><\/p>\n

Several of the works now public \u2014 including the 1987 canvas One Dark Night<\/em> \u2014 originate from that chapter in Malibu.<\/span><\/p>\n

For years, proceeds from the art pieces have gone to charitable causes \u2014 aligning with Brosnan\u2019s long-documented environmental and humanitarian work.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The real story may be simpler than the online one<\/span><\/h3>\n

Hollywood often measures success by cinema receipts, award campaigns and red carpet frequency.<\/span><\/p>\n

Pierce Brosnan \u2014 for the moment \u2014 is measuring differently.<\/span><\/p>\n

Family meals over call sheets.<\/span>
A surfboard instead of a stunt harness.<\/span>
Wet paint on a studio floor instead of a soundstage ladder.<\/span><\/p>\n

For some observers that looks like a retreat.<\/span>
For his son, it is the opposite.<\/span><\/p>\n

It is the result of demand \u2014 and the deliberate choosing of something richer than momentum.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pierce Brosnan \u2014 one of the most recognisable actors to ever take the 007 mantle \u2014 has recently found himself the subject of a curious public narrative. A series of online threads and comments have suggested the Irish-born star is \u201cavoiding Hollywood,\u201d living a \u201chermit-like\u201d existence between his homes in Malibu and Hawai\u2018i. Some commenters…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8556"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8556\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}