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Pierce Brosnan’s adopted son was shot dead while shopping on Friday, June 21. The director has not had contact with his father for twenty years.
Worked as an assistant director on his father’s films such as Tomorrow never dies (1997), The world is small (1999), or even Robinson Crusoe (1997). Christopher Brosnan was reportedly spotted out and about in London on Friday, June 21 Page six . A very rare appearance as Pierce Brosnan’s adopted son remains low-key. In these photos, the 51-year-old shows off a chiseled face, hunched over pose and, as a guide, a beret, red sweatshirt and sleeveless vest. It has been twenty years since he has had any contact with his father.
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It all started in 1977. Pierce Brosnan met actress Cassandra Harris shortly after graduating from theater. At the time, the young woman was already the mother of Christopher, born in 1972, and daughter Charlotte, born in 1971, from a previous relationship with producer Dermot Harris. Captivated by the beauty of the Australian actress, Pierce Brosnan married her in December 1980. Three years later, they had a son, Sean. When Christopher and Charlotte’s father died in 1986, Pierce Brosnan naturally decided to adopt them.
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However, in 1991, a new tragedy happened to the family. Cassandra Harris dies of ovarian cancer. An illness that would also take away his daughter Charlotte in 2013. Pierce Brosnan would wait a decade before starting his life again. In 2001, he married journalist Keeley Shay Smith. The couple had two sons, Dylan born in 1997 and Paris born in 2001. Meanwhile, Pierce and Christopher’s relationship was far from good. If the actor works with his adopted son for some time, then the latter becomes a victim of many addictions. James Bond’s translator will leave him with regret.
“Hard Life”
“Christopher is still missing,” she declared in a 2005 column Playboy. It is shocking. I know where he is, but he has a difficult life.” Before proceeding. “I can only keep faith and believe in the fact that he will recover. He tested everyone in this family, especially himself. He knows how to get out of it. But he doesn’t want to do it.” A “sad” observation for the father, who chose to cut off all contact with him. “We never completely broke up, but I did break up with Christopher,” she explains. I had to tell him. “Go ahead, go worry about living or dying!” I’m keeping him in my prayers.”
In June 2022, Pierce Brosnan did mention his adopted son in an Instagram post for Father’s Day. “My eternal love to you, dear sons, Paris, Dylan, Shawn and Christopher,” she wrote in the caption of the post. Thank you so much for your love this Father’s Day.” A year later, Keely Shay Brosnan posted a series of photos, including a vintage photo of a younger Christopher next to his father. Proof that despite this distance, the fallen son has not left Pierce Brosnan’s thoughts.
Source: Le Figaro
