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"Pierce Brosnan has said that Roman Polanski encouraged him to avoid mimicking former Prime Minister Tony Blair in The Ghost. Brosnan acknowledged that his character, a former leader rocked by a political scandal, shared similarities with the ex-PM but insisted that he was not instructed to play the part as Blair. &amp;quot;Well, I read it as Tony Blair. All the emblems were there, but when I met with Roman the first thing I asked him was, &amp;#039;Do you want me to play Tony Blair?&amp;#039; And he said, &amp;#039;No, it&amp;#039;s not Tony Blair&amp;#039;. But everything points to Blair, and how could it not?&amp;quot; Brosnan said in an interview with The Scotsman. Discussing working with Polanski, who is currently under house arrest in Switzerland over a 1977 child sex-case, the actor said that he was not put off by the controversial filmmaker&amp;#039;s past. &amp;quot;I worked with him because he&amp;#039;s a great director, an absolutely magnificent filmmaker,&amp;quot; Brosnan explained. &amp;quot;I think we were all aware of what had gone on in his life, but the text and the characters were so inviting, I didn&amp;#039;t give it a second thought to work with this man. He has lived a very family-oriented life.&amp;quot; &amp;gt; First Look: Roman Polanski&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;The Ghost&amp;#039; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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