Giant: Pierce Brosnan spent hours in make up chair for role as trainer Brendan Ingle in Prince Naz film
James Bond star Pierce Brosnan has shared how he spent hours in the make up chair for prosthetics to become legendary Sheffield trainer Brendan Ingle.
It took bald caps and false noses to turn the suave 007-agent into the homegrown coaching superstar for the upcoming sport biopic ‘Giant’ starring Amir El-Masry as Naseem ‘Prince Naz’ Hamed.
He even kept the iconic leopard print tracksuit after they were done filming.
Pierce appeared on The One Show on Tuesday (January 7) to promote the film alongside Amir.
Pierce said: “There was a transformation in this - I don’t look like Brendan, and again when I read this text I thought ‘My God, Rowan [Athale, the film’s director and screenwriter], you’ve given me a jewel here’. And so, there were prosthetics involved for me.
“It was a couple of hours. I had a bald cap and a nose.”
Co-star Amir called Brendan, who died in 2018, “a total showman”, and the duo of him and Naz “grabbed the attention of the world.”
The film has been produced by Rocky star Sylvester Stallone and written and directed by Rowan Athale.
‘Giant’ showcases the incredible rags to riches journey of Naz, the child of Yemeni immigrants in Wincobank whose dad took to Ingle’s famous boxing gym at age seven because he was being picked on at school.
He was singled out by Brendan and three world titles followed, which transformed his life while he fought between 1992 and 2002. At the height of his fame, his net worth was reportedly £50m.
The film will chart his rise to stardom in the face of racism in the 80s and 90s.
Giant hits the cinemas on January 9.