One of the most fun things about this goofy movie is seeing Pierce Brosnan clop around as a Centaur. If you have a sense of humor about life, you will embrace this bit of ridiculousness and realize Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief is a movie to enjoy.
Interviewer: Have you seen Percy Jackson yet?
Pierce Brosnan: I saw it with a bunch of schoolchildren. My eight-year-old said it was the best film I ever made.
Interviewer: Medusa is not too scary?
Pierce Brosnan: Oh, she’s scary. She’s good and scary but she looks gorgeous.
Interviewer: You have to scare the kids a little bit.
Pierce Brosnan: They always want to be scared.
Interviewer: You play a Centaur in this film.
Pierce Brosnan: Yes, I play a horse’s ass. I say it in the movie, but it is self-evident. I play Percy’s mentor. A professor, but when he enters the mythological world I am a Centaur there to protect him and oversee his learning. And as a Centaur I have the body of a wild hippie. It’s much like the Grateful Dead meets Secretariat.
Interviewer: Lots of mythical beasts in this picture. . .
Pierce Brosnan: Yes, there is a Minotaur [pronounced, of course, mine-oh-taur] but I don’t do much battle, I am not very physical in this piece. I am a guardian. Wise and bold and, you know, showing off a good pair of legs.
Interviewer: Is this the first fantasy film you’ve done?
Pierce Brosnan: On this scale, yes.
Interviewer: Would you return to that?
Pierce Brosnan: Yeah, we’ll see, there are four other Percy Jackson books. We’ll see how successful this first one is.
Interviewer: There’s the college fund for the grandkids right there.
Pierce Brosnan: You better believe it. Believe it!!
Source Ugo.com
Written by Jordan Hoffman
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