James Bond star holds onto light of faith through dark times
Hollywood actor Pierce Brosnan has spoken about how his faith and his Irish Catholic upbringing have helped him through the immense grief of a double tragedy in his family.
The former James Bond star lost his first wife Cassandra Harris, a fellow actress, to ovarian cancer 23 years ago, after battling the disease for four years. Last June, tragedy struck again when he lost his daughter Charlotte, a mother of two, to the same type of cancer.
Dark times
While at the premier of his new film A Long Way Down, Brosnan told reporters that faith is what ultimately got him through those dark times. “I would say faith, being Irish, being Catholic, it’s ingrained in my DNA,” he said.
In A Long Way Down, the former altar boy and Co. Meath native, plays a depressed morning television host with plans to commit suicide until he befriends an unlikely trio who help each other through their respective issues and become a surrogate family.
