Pierce Brosnan's Sons Share Lessons In Fearlessness And Humility Learned From Famous Father

Sep 28, 2022 by apost team

Pierce Brosnan might have been the most charming man alive, but his two sons are great runners-up to that title. But not only did they inherit their dad’s angelic good looks but also his humility, grace, and wisdom, among many others. Speaking to GQ Magazine, Dylan and Paris Brosnan revealed the greatest lessons they learned from their father, whom they both try to hide away from their friends in an effort to stay away from the limelight.

Pierce Brosnan is an Irish actor most known for his role as secret agent James Bond in four of the spy films, including "Golden Eye," "Tomorrow Never Dies," "The World Is Not Enough" and "Die Another Day." It was in the romance-musical "Mamma Mia!" that audiences were first introduced to a more playful side of the actor. He returned for the sequel "Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again" in 2018.

Apart from being an actor, Pierce Brosnan was also a family man. He wed his first wife, Cassandra Harris, to whom he was married for 11 years. She had two children with her deceased husband, Chris, and Charlotte, whom Brosnan adopted. The couple had their first child together, Sean, in 1983. Sadly, Harris passed away in 1991 after a four-year battle with ovarian cancer, and 22 years later, his daughter Charlotte succumbed to the same fate. 

In 1994, Brosnan met Keely Shay Smith, an American journalist, at a party in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. The couple has two sons, Dylan and Paris, and married in 2001 in Ireland. 

Dylan is the oldest among Pierce Brosnan’s children with Keely Shay Smith. He was born in 1997, making him 25 years old in 2022. It was also the year when Brosnan peaked as an actor, marking the release of “Tomorrow Never Dies” as old as him. 

Growing up, Dylan described living his life while having a well-known father as “incredibly normal.” While his famous dad might have tried to offer the children as down-to-earth an upbringing as possible, being part of the Brosnan bunch did come with at least some of the Hollywood glamour you'd imagine. 

According to Dylan, he and his younger brother Paris got to travel with their dad and spend their days on movie sets. "I remember being there on the James Bond sets and whatnot, early on," Dylan shared with Inquirer. 

Dylan started his modeling career in 2014, when he became the face of Saint Laurent, appearing in their Spring/Summer catalog alongside Jack Kilmer, son of American actor Val Kilmer. Just one year later, Dylan made his catwalk debut at the Men's Fashion Week in Paris. 

In 2017, Dylan appeared on the cover of Germany's GQ Style Magazine. Since then, he has modeled for Dolce & Gabbana, H&M, and Moschino. According to French Vogue, agents have told him that his freckles, naturally wavy hair, and angelic face make him especially desirable in the industry. 

Surely, the apple does not fall from the tree – and with Dylan’s achievements, he has surely emulated his father, who has also done the same thing, but in film, at almost the same age. 

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Interestingly, children of many celebrities in Hollywood either follow in their parent's footsteps into the limelight, or they could not care less about the glamor and glitz stardom brings. Paris Brosnan, the youngest of the two Brosnan boys, is more laid back and is threading through living the simple life of someone who has an A-list celebrity father. 

“Growing up, I was always proud that he was my dad. I didn’t want to hide it, but I wouldn’t tell everyone,” he told the Inquirer. 

He also went on to reveal that ever since, their dad has strongly urged them against pursuing a career in acting and instead look for other creative ways to express themselves through art. 

According to The Hollywood Reporter, in 2019, Paris was studying at the School of Film and Television at Loyola Marymount University. But occasionally, they have been moving back and forth from California to Hawaii, where their family home is based at. 

Paris has been seizing the waves of the oceanfront by being a surfer and studying film and television. But despite the grueling nature of their lives because of their father being in front of the camera, they had learned valuable lessons to which they have grown accustomed to already. 

Speaking to GQ Magazine, Dylan recalled one thing that his father always reminded him to do: “Don’t be afraid to make fun of yourself.” While the quote might be a little deprecating, the duo revealed that it was their dad’s nature when they were talking about the paths they wanted to take in their lives. 

With Dylan doing great in his modeling career and Paris making waves as a budding film and television producer, it would seem like Pierce Brosnan has raised two copies of him with the same grit, humility, and creativity but all with different ways of expressing it to the world. 

What do you think of Pierce Brosnan’s parenting style? Do you think Paris and Dylan should follow in their dad’s footsteps in acting? Let us know, and make sure to let your friends, family, and other Pierce Brosnan fans know about this!