London
(ANI):
Irish/American
actor
Pierce
Brosnan
revealed
that
going
back
to
Pinewood
studio
where
he
filmed
the
James
Bond
movies
was
a
lot
of
fun,
especially
since
the
role
he
was
playing
at
that
time
was
the
total
opposite.
Brosnan
had
returned
to
the
studio
for
the
filming
of
the
musical
Mamma
Mia,
in
which
he
had
a
singing
part.
"It
was
great
fun
going
back
to
the
scene
of
the
crime
doing
this
movie,
kicking
over
the
ghosts
left
right
and
centre," Daily
Mirror
quoted
him
as
saying
laughingly.
"Daniel
Craig
and
the
company
weren't
there
so
we
had
it
all
to
ourselves.
But
I
did
have
this
image
of
me
strutting
down
the
corridors
in
my
spandex
suit
and
high
heels
bumping
into
Dan
looking
all
butch
and
Bond
like.
That
would
have
been
interesting,"
he
said.
In
the
new
movie
Mamma
Mia,
Brosnan
plays
one
of
three
men
who
may
or
may
not
be
the
father
of
Meryl
Streep''s
teenage
daughter.
According
to
the
script,
he
travels
to
her
Greek
island
home
for
her
wedding
where
passions
are
rekindled
with
her
mum.
The
whole
storyline
is
played
out
against
a
medley
of
catchy
Abba
hits
belted
out
by
Brosnan
and
co,
who
said
he
took
the
role
without
realising
how
much
singing
he''d
have
to
do.
"I
have
sung
before
in
a
film
of
mine
called
Evelyn,"
he
said.
I
sang
Irish
pub
songs
and
ballads
but
they
are
a
lot
simpler
than
the
complexities
of
Abba.I
have
had
a
singing
teacher
in
LA
for
many,
many
years
just
to
work
on
my
voice
as
an
actor.This
was
the
last
thing
I
expected
in
this
career
of
mine.
But
when
the
offer
came
in
with
a
phone
call
from
the
States
and
they
said
Meryl
Streep,
Mamma
Mia!,
Greece...
I
said
''Great,
I''m
in.''
"I
didn''t
even
ask
how
much,
I
just
said
I
would
do
it.
The
next
night
I
went
to
see
the
stage
show
and
I
saw
the
set
and
then
they
started
singing
and
I
thought
''oh
dear,
oh
dear''.
But
by
the
end
of
the
evening
I
was
enchanted
by
the
whole
thing,"
he
added.
Rehearsing
in
the
studio
and
then
spending
weeks
in
the
sun
with
Streep
and
co-stars
Colin
Firth
and
Julie
Walters
turned
out
to
be
more
like
fun
than
work.
"It
was
the
best
summer
of
my
life,"
he
said.
"I
had
the
greatest
experience
and
most
pleasurable
time
working
with
them
all.
Working
with
Julie
and
Meryl
was
immense.
I
am
a
huge
fan
of
both
ladies
and
we
had
the
best
of
times
together.
We
had
five
weeks
of
rehearsals
at
Pinewood
Studios
and
I
didn''t
know
why
it
was
so
long.
But
I
became
aware
that
we
were
becoming
a
theatrical
company.
We
would
go
in
and
work
on
different
songs
and
we
would
be
sweating
and
tripping
over
each
other
and
making
fools
of
ourselves
and
making
friendships
and
having
the
time
of
our
lives,"
he
added.