Pierce Brosnan recently recounted his time filming 'Mrs. Doubtfire' with Robin Williams, emphasizing that he didn't actually work with Williams himself, but rather with his iconic Mrs. Doubtfire character. Brosnan described his first encounter with Williams in the makeup trailer, where Williams was fully transformed into Mrs. Doubtfire, switching between the character's voice and his own.
Williams' improvisational nature is highlighted throughout Brosnan's account. He recalls Williams teasing him with Mrs. Doubtfire's flirtatious demeanor before abruptly shifting to his natural voice. This playful dynamic continued throughout filming, with Williams' comedic antics often leaving Brosnan in fits of laughter. These improvisations involved playful, sometimes risqué, interactions, pushing the boundaries in the absence of child actors.
Brosnan expressed great affection for Williams, describing him as 'such a kind-hearted man' despite his sometimes outrageous behavior on set. The actor emphasizes Williams' ability to target his humor specifically at him, creating a unique bond between them. Brosnan fondly recalls numerous outtakes showcasing their laughter and camaraderie.
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Pierce Brosnan only ever appeared with Robin Williams in one film, but the Irish actor now says he didn’t quite work with Williams.
“I really never worked with Robin Williams,” Brosnan recalled recently. ”I only worked with Mrs. Doubtfire.”
The star rewatched some of his old films during a chat with Vanity Fair, including his beloved 1993 comedy “Mrs. Doubtfire” in which Williams plays a father who poses as a female nanny in order to spend time with his children after his wife seeks a divorce.
Brosnan played Stuart “Stu” Dunmeyer, a man who starts dating the estranged wife of Williams’ character, Miranda Willard, played by Sally Field.
“I mean, the very first day that I was on set up in San Francisco. They said, ‘Do you want to meet Robin?’ I said, ‘Yeah, I’d love to meet him.’” Brosnan said. “And I went into the makeup trailer, and Robin was sitting there in a Hawaiian shirt — and his kind of haired arms hanging out and his hairy legs — but had the head of Mrs. Doubtfire.”
Brosnan said Williams teased him with Mrs. Doubtfire’s accent saying, “Oh, Pierce, you’re so handsome. Come here, give us a kiss” before transitioning to a man’s deeper voice and saying, “Hey baby, what’s happening?”
“He jumped all over the place,” Brosnan mused.
It was typical of Williams to push the envelope, apparently. The star did just that in a scene in which his Mrs. Doubtfire teases Brosnan’s character about wanting to have sex with Miranda.
“There’s reams of footage of me just kind of falling around on the floor with laughter, and he went really blue,” said Brosnan, who also called Williams “such a kind-hearted man.” “He really was quite colorful, because the children weren’t there, and it was just Robin and myself, and he knew he had me in the crosshairs with his humor. I loved the man.”
Williams died age of 63 in 2014.
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