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Pierce Brosnan Responds To The Roasting Of His ‘MobLand’ Irish Accent: “I Gave It Full Tilt”


Pierce Brosnan may be Irish by blood, but his MobLand accent has been met with a chorus of disapproval following the premiere of the Paramount+ show.

The Irish Times pilloried his “mangled” vocal work as a “horror for the ages,” while other critics have bemoaned the performance as a “distraction” from the Guy Ritchie-directed gangster drama. In an interview with Radio Times, Brosnan was asked about the backlash and said that mob boss Conrad Harrigan’s accent is quite different from his own native tongue. Brosnan, who admits his Irish accent has “dissipated to the midst of time,” previously told Dave Moore on Today FM that he had raised concerns about his task with Ritchie.

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