Pierce Brosnan - TV ads for Lark Cigarettes in Japan

In the late 1980s / early 1990s, Pierce Brosnan could have been James Bond, if it were not for that pesky Remington Steele contract that gifted the role to Timothy Dalton instead. Whilst he was waiting for his eventual turn as 007, Brosnan earned a bit of side-cash doing Lark cigarette commercials in Japan. The tobacco company also employed Dalton and Roger Moore, so this was very much an attempt to have a 'James Bond' cigarette advert even though he wasn't 007 - yet.

Brosnan appeared in at least six different TV spots for Lark, as well as several print campaigns. They were never meant to be seen by Western audiences, so the exact number of ads and their broadcast dates are unclear.

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