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Brosnan joins Streep for “Mamma Mia!”
Pierce Brosnan (yep, Pierce Brosnan!) is set to join Meryl Streep in the film version of the Broadway hit, “Mamma Mia!”, says Variety.
The former 007 sang a few Irish standards in the indie drama “Evelyn,” and sang onstage early in his career. But this will be a decided departure for an actor best known for playing the steely James Bond.
Brosnan will play Sam, one of three men summoned to a Greek isle by a young woman who believes one of them is her father.
For Brosnan, the opportunity to belt out such ABBA standards as “S.O.S.,” which will be a duet with Streep, was irresistible.
“I said yes right away because it meant working with Meryl Streep,” Brosnan told Daily Variety. “Secondly, I saw the show with my family in London, and found it just so wonderfully happy and joyful, and so pitched in time forever in the 1970s. What a kick in the pants, to be able to go off and spend time with Meryl on some Greek island, singing ABBA songs.”
“Mamma Mia!” is being produced by Littlestar’s Judy Craymer and Playtone’s Gary Goetzman and Tom Hanks. Rita Wilson will exec produce with Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus, latter of whom wrote the tunes when they were the creative catalysts for ABBA.
“Pierce brings a certain smooch factor, and we think he’ll have great chemistry with Meryl in a romantic comedy,” Craymer said. “He is just the perfect choice.”
