Pierce Brosnan's emotional worry

9 months ago 22nd Jan 13:30

Pierce Brosnan was scared of exploring his emotions in 'The Greatest'.

The 55-year-old 'Mamma Mia' star has admitted that he was anxious about playing such a difficult part because it is so unlike anything else he has done.

The married actor - who lost his first wife Cassandra Harris to ovarian cancer in 1991 - said he had to draw from his own experiences of grief while working on the movie

He said: "Well, I haven't played this emotional register since I was really a young actor. I mean, I've steered away from it, in some respects, and taken an easier road. And also, I haven't been really offered them."

The married actor - who lost his first wife Cassandra Harris to ovarian cancer in 1991 - said he had to draw from his own experiences of grief while working on the movie.

He said: "There was enough of my own life history in there as a father, to explore this character. I know a little bit about grief."

"You certainly use your life's history of pain. There's enough pain in there to draw upon. And it was also in the writing, too. When writing like this comes along, it taps in there pretty easily. And then you're casting."

'The Greatest' - which is about a family's struggle to get over the loss of a son - is released in cinemas later this year.