Richard Osman Defends Pierce Brosnan’s Casting In Thursday Murder Club Movie

The former Pointless presenter’s best-selling novel has been turned into a movie for Netflix, which will premiere on the streaming platform next month.

Explaining the changes to the character of Ron in the film, Richard told Empire: “You have to do something unusual and different and interesting.”

“Here’s the key thing about Pierce Brosnan playing Ron: Pierce Brosnan is who Ron would choose to play Ron,” he insisted, before pointing out: “In the next book, I’ve got a scene with Ron and Ibrahim discussing who the best Bond is, and Ron is very much a Pierce Brosnan man. And Ibrahim is Timothy Dalton. For me, that’s the joy.”

This isn’t the first time in recent history that Pierce’s casting in something has been called into question, though.