Pierce Brosnan Recalls ’90s Meeting That Led To ‘Giant’ Role

Pierce Brosnan is calling his role in the boxing biopic Giant a true full-circle moment. The actor revealed that during his James Bond years in the 1990s, he met boxing icon Prince Naseem “Nas” Hamed backstage in New York, along with legendary trainer Brendan Ingle. At the time, Brosnan never imagined that decades later he would portray Ingle on screen. Now, those unexpected encounters from his Bond-era fame have come back around, turning Giant into one of the most personal and meaningful chapters of his career.