Halle Berry praised Pierce Brosnan for ‘restoring her faith in men’ following their collaboration on 2002’s Die Another Day.
The 58-year-old actress, who starred as Jinx alongside the 71-year-old Hollywood icon in the James Bond film, expressed deep gratitude for Brosnan’s gentlemanly demeanor both on and off set.
‘He will always be my Bond, always,’ the Oscar winner told Wired on Friday.
‘I’m a Pierce Brosnan fan,’ she continued. ‘He restored my faith in men on that movie. There couldn’t be a human who is more of a gentleman than Pierce Brosnan.’
At the time of filming Die Another Die, Halle was involved in a high-profile relationship with singer Eric Benét, whom she married in 2001. Their romance was short-lived, as they divorced in 2005 amid rumors of infidelity.
Halle Berry praised Pierce Brosnan for ‘restoring her faith in men’ following their collaboration on 2002’s Die Another Day; (pictured August)
The 58-year-old actress, who starred alongside the 71-year-old Hollywood icon in the James Bond film, expressed deep gratitude for Brosnan’s gentlemanly demeanor both on and off set; (pictured 2002)
Before her marriage to Benét, Halle dated baseball player David Justice. They were married from 1992 to 1997, amid rumors Justice was abusive.
Halle then had a notable relationship with French actor Olivier Martinez, whom she dated from 2009 to 2012 and with whom she shares a child.
After her relationship with Olivier Martinez, Halle Berry dated actor and model Gabriel Aubry from 2005 to 2010, with whom she has a daughter, Nahla.
Both relationships ended amid various personal and public challenges.
Halle is now dating singer Van Hunt. The couple has been together since 2020 and has been open about their relationship on social media.
As for her time spent filming with Pierce, the star admitted playing a Bond girl ‘wasn’t on her wish list’ initially, but stressed she felt ‘really honored’ to have become a part of the franchise as Jinx.
She said: ‘Bond wasn’t on my wish list, no, to be in one, but I loved the movies, always, but having been in one, I feel like I’m a part of cinematic history. Those movies are iconic. They will forever be a part of our history, and I’m really honored to have been a part of one, especially with Pierce.’
In 2020, she also revealed Pierce literally saved her life during filming.
‘He will always be my Bond, always,’ the Oscar winner told Wired on Friday
‘I was supposed to be all sexy, trying to seduce him with a fig, and then I end up choking on it and he had to get up and do the Heimlich,’ the actress revealed on The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon.
‘That was so not sexy,’ she added, laughing. ‘James Bond knows how to Heimlich! He was there for me, he will always be one of my favorite people in the whole world.’
Berry stars alongside Mark Wahlberg in the new action-thriller The Union, which sees a man get recruited by his high school sweetheart on a high-stakes US intelligence mission.
Reflecting on the movie, the actress explained that it was ‘fun’ to get the chance to tell such a story because it made her reflect on her romances as a youngster.
She told E! News: ‘It was fun. I think many of us fantasize about that one that got away or what if I would have stayed with my high school sweetheart, what would my life be like?’
At the time of filming Die Another Die, Halle was involved in a high-profile relationship with singer Eric Benét , whom she married in 2001. Their romance was short-lived, as they divorced in 2005 amid rumors of infidelity; (pictured 2000)
Berry stars alongside Mark Wahlberg in the new action-thriller The Union, which sees a man get recruited by his high school sweetheart on a high-stakes US intelligence mission; (pictured August)
Meanwhile, her 53-year-old co-star stressed the plot of the film could help give men hope that they can get second chances with women from their past.
He told Fox News Digital: ‘Halle, her and I have known each other for such a long time, and this movie is going to be so great because it’s every guy’s fantasy, to think that they got a shot with Halle Berry.
“‘They were childhood sweethearts, and they come back together. He basically waited 25 years for her to come back, walk back through that door and into his life, and it happens, and there isn’t anything he wouldn’t do to prove himself to her if he got a second chance.
‘For me, that was the whole motivation of the character: just do anything he could to not screw it up again.’