Amid ‘nepo baby’ claims, Pierce Brosnan tells his son to train and study

Pierce Brosnan says he’s all for his son Paris chasing acting — as long as he does it the hard way. In a new interview, the former 007 said he’s pushing his 25-year-old to train, study and prove himself on set rather than lean on the family name.

“Consequently he has made a film now and he's good. I told him if he wants to be an actor he must train and study, and he wants to do those things,” Brosnan told The Sunday Times Magazine.

Paris, who is 25, has been building a creative path in both acting and art. He’s acknowledged the privilege of being Pierce Brosnan’s son but wants the work to stand on its own. His first time on a film set came in 2023, when he and his brother Dylan appeared in The Unholy Trinity, giving him an early taste of the job’s demands.

Separate set drama

Meanwhile, a different project tied to Brosnan has reportedly run into turbulence. On season two of MobLand, Tom Hardy is said to have stayed in his trailer for hours while co-stars Brosnan and Helen Mirren waited, raising eyebrows among producers and fueling uncertainty about a possible third season, according to trade reports.

“He refused to come out of his trailer for hours at a time,” a production insider told The Hollywood Reporter, calling it a calculated power play.

Those reports also allege Hardy pushed for script rewrites and offered creative notes that clashed with executive producer Jez Butterworth and the team at 101 Studios. Representatives for Hardy and Mirren did not respond to requests for comment, and Brosnan was reportedly unavailable due to travel commitments.