In the crime drama Mobland, Pierce Brosnan has described how “feeling alive” as villain Conrad Harrigan, but he also acknowledges that playing tough characters can make you feel anxious.
Pierce Brosnan says that playing villainous characters ‘makes him alive’ as he opens up about his role portraying crime boss Conrad Harrigan in popular drama Mobland.
Pierce, an Irish actor, is undoubtedly enjoying his gangster character, but he claims it also comes with a lot of anxiety. He may never be the gentleman in real life.
He stated in a new interview this week, “Every job is a challenge and it all comes with a thump of anxiety.” When Pierce, 72, discussed the “stress” of playing a villain, he continued, “because you have to do something.” What do you do on stage? What makes you there, exactly? That is a constant, then. You accept that.
You endure that stress indefinitely. And that’s what makes it so thrilling. The actor remarked, “That’s what keeps you alive.”
The show’s first series is scheduled to end on June 1 with the release of the penultimate episode of Mobland, which was directed by Guy Richie. The series’ second season hasn’t yet been announced.
While the show and Pierce’s acting performance has been praised, there is one thing that has been questioned by viewers; Pierce’s put-on Irish accent.
Pierce is known for his dulcet English tones despite having Irish roots, with many claiming that in the new series his Irish vocals were off par.
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“Viewers have been mocking his Irish accent — which is ironic given he was born in Ireland and lived there till he was four years old. But he’s always had a cut-glass English delivery,” a source told The Sun earlier this year.
The source continued, “Clearly, making the switch back to an Irish accent wasn’t as smooth as expected,” adding that some people criticized the episode as “unwatchable.”
In the Paramount+ series, Pierce plays the lead character Harry Da Souza, a fixer for the crime-ridden Harrigan family, alongside actors Helen Mirren and Tom Hardy.
Tom admitted to Radio Times that he frequently discovers there is “dark matter” behind the character he’s enlisted to play, despite the fact that he has always found himself in gangster roles.
As Tom detailed the “woeful humor” in his characters, “the scripts that I get are fairly funny but tend to be connected to really dark matter, which others might find unpalatable but I find absolutely normal.”
Source: Mirror
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