Pierce Brosnan opens up about his suffering
Pierce Brosnan has spoken candidly about the how losing his first wife and daughter to ovarian cancer has profoundly impacted his mood and outlook on the world.
The 63-year-old Irish actor lost his first wife Cassandra to ovarian cancer in 1991. In 2013, just 22 years later, the same disease claimed his daughter Charlotte.
In a candid interview with Esquire, Brosnan said, “I don’t look at the cup as half full, believe me. The dark, melancholy Irish black dog sits beside me from time to time.”
The James Bond star said of Cassandra, “She has made me the man I am, the actor I am, the father I am. She’s forever embedded in every fibre of my being. She’s there with me every day. I was so blessed to have met someone like that.”
The actor also spoke of his challenging, unconventional upbringing. Brosnan’s father left the family shortly after his was born and his mother was working in London, leaving him essentially orphaned and living in a boarding house.
Brosnan spoke of his challenges, “My fatherly instincts are purely my own. They relate back to no one, because there was no one. I only met Tom (his father) the once, I had a Sunday afternoon with him. A story about this and that, had a few pints of Guinness, and we said goodbye. I would have loved to have known him.”
It’s heartbreaking to see someone go through so much sorrow. But we can all agree that it takes great courage to speak candidly about such tragic events.