SORRY DAD BUT PIERCE IS THE SEXIEST BOND EVER

PIERCE Brosnan is the sexiest James Bond of all time - and that's what the daughter of one of his rivals thinks.

Deborah Moore, 38, reckons her father Roger wasn't a patch on Brosnan, even when he used to arch those famous eyebrows.

She said: "Dad brought more humour to the role and was a gentleman - but the sexiest Bond would have to be Pierce." Deborah, who plays a curvy air stewardess in the new Bond movie, Die Another Day, was just 10 when her father played the secret agent for the first time in Live And Let Die.

He went on to appear in a further six films, including A View To A Kill and The Spy Who Loved Me.

When asked who was the best Bond, Deborah would only say: "Sean Connery was the most ruthless Bond. They were all equally good."

Die Another Day, which opens next Friday in Ireland had its world premiere in America this week and, if the reception given to Brosnan was anything to go by, it shows that even after 40 years Americans still can't get enough of James Bond. Brosnan, back for his fourth stint as Bond, had wife Keely Shaye Smith on his arm when he attended the show at Hollywood's Shrine Auditorium. "This is as good as it gets," he said.

And co-star Halle Berry, who is set to star in a spin-off Bond series playing her character Jinx, was also there, wearing silver mini-dress with a nude lining.

The Oscar-winner said: "This is amazing. I've never been to a premiere this big.

"The whole night is a bit overwhelming."

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