Pierce Brosnan: 'I wasn't a good James Bond'

HOLLYWOOD actor Pierce Brosnan has admitted he was "never good enough" as James Bond and gets a "horrible feeling" watching his films back.

NO MORE BOND: The actor is happy to open more doors in his career now [GETTY]

The 60-year-old has finally opened up about his regrets as the super-suave spy, 007, and says he has finally distanced himself from playing the character.
After playing Bond in five movies in 10 years, Brosnan, the fifth actor to play the smooth-talking double agent, felt he struggled to fill the boots of the likes of Sean Connery and Sir Roger Moore before him.
“I felt I was caught in a time warp between Roger and Sean," he told the Telegraph.
"It was a very hard one to grasp the meaning of, for me.
“But then that might have had to do with my own insecurities in playing him as well.”

NOT GOOD: Brosnan believes his Bond was "never good enough" [REX]

“I have no desire to watch myself as James Bond. ‘Cause it’s just never good enough.”

Pierce Brosnan

And the actor, who has gone on to star in musical film Mamma Mia! and Simon Pegg comedy The World's End, said he can't bear to watch himself back as Bond now.

He added: “I have no desire to watch myself as James Bond. ‘Cause it’s just never good enough.
“It’s a horrible feeling.”
Brosnan says he is happy to be doing what he's doing now and slowly be losing the stereotype of Bond.
He revealed: “There’s enough time between me being James Bond and now.
“Daniel [Craig] is James Bond; I was James Bond."
 

BIG ROLE: Brosnan insists Daniel Craig is James Bond now and he WAS James Bond [GETTY]

Despite his lack of confidence as the MI6 agent, Brosnan will star in a new spy movie, November Man, which is set for release in August.
And he seemed to be enjoying his latest role is in British comedy Love Punch, where he plays a happy divorcee trying to recover stolen money.
He said: “It's enormous fun.
"No acting required. Just show up and have a good time, really.”