20 Things You Didn’t Know About Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
16. Turning The Other Cheek
On Thursday 17th July 1997, Pierce Brosnan was struck on the mouth by a metal helmet worn by stuntman, Steve Dent during filming at Eon Studios.
Initially, make-up artist, Bron Roylance believed that the Irish actor either had dirt on his face or a bloody nose, but soon realised that Brosnan had a once-inch-long deep compression cut on the right side of his face. Roger Spottiswoode noted that the injury was “bad”, not least as Brosnan needed to be in Hamburg for filming the next day.
Roylance accompanied Brosnan to Mount Vernon Hospital in Northwood, Middlesex where Dr. Paul Cussons stitched the wound from inside the actor’s mouth. Brosnan even joked that, if he ended up with a scar like Harrison Ford (which he did), it would boost his career! However, the Irish actor did not blame Steve Dent for the outcome; Brosnan had lurched forward when he should have stood his ground.
To try and conceal the injury, Bron Roylance used a white latex named Prosaide mixed with a powdered filler named Cab-o-sil before colouring the dried solution with a make-up palette of Krylon colours.
Noticeably, few close-ups were shot of Pierce Brosnan during filming in Hamburg...