One of the most fun things about this goofy movie is seeing Pierce Brosnan clop around as a Centaur.  If you have a sense of humor about life, you will embrace this bit of ridiculousness and realize Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief is a movie to enjoy.

Interviewer: Have you seen Percy Jackson yet?

Pierce Brosnan: I saw it with a bunch of schoolchildren.  My eight-year-old said it was the best film I ever made.

Interviewer: Medusa is not too scary?

Pierce Brosnan: Oh, she’s scary.  She’s good and scary but she looks gorgeous.

Interviewer: You have to scare the kids a little bit.

Pierce Brosnan: They always want to be scared.

Interviewer: You play a Centaur in this film.

Pierce Brosnan: Yes, I play a horse’s ass.  I say it in the movie, but it is self-evident.  I play Percy’s mentor.  A professor, but when he enters the mythological world I am a Centaur there to protect him and oversee his learning.  And as a Centaur I have the body of a wild hippie.  It’s much like the Grateful Dead meets Secretariat.

Interviewer: Lots of mythical beasts in this picture. . .

Pierce Brosnan: Yes, there is a Minotaur [pronounced, of course, mine-oh-taur] but I don’t do much battle, I am not very physical in this piece.  I am a guardian.  Wise and bold and, you know, showing off a good pair of legs.

Interviewer: Is this the first fantasy film you’ve done?

Pierce Brosnan: On this scale, yes.

Interviewer: Would you return to that?

Pierce Brosnan: Yeah, we’ll see, there are four other Percy Jackson books.  We’ll see how successful this first one is.

Interviewer: There’s the college fund for the grandkids right there.

Pierce Brosnan: You better believe it.  Believe it!!

Source Ugo.com

Written by Jordan Hoffman

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