Pierce Brosnan has told an American magazine that he is finished with the James Bond franchise.
"That's it," the 51-year-old Irish-born actor told Entertainment Weekly, "I've said all I've got to say on the world of James Bond. Bond is another lifetime behind me."
It seems that 'Die Another Day', Brosnan's fourth - and most successful - outing as Bond, was his last.
"We went out on a high, and I look back affectionately at that time and doing those four movies."
Bond producers, EON Productions, must now find another star for the 21st Bond movie, which is scheduled for release in November 2005.
British actors Clive Owen, Colin Firth, Ioan Gruffudd, Hugh Grant, Jude Law and Ewan McGregor have all been mooted for the role as well as Australians Hugh Jackman, Heath Ledger and Eric Bana.
