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52 The mag
IERCE Brosnan had a very special date at the red carpet premiere of his latest movie his mammy, May.
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The actor, who's extremely close to his mother, treated her to the opening night of new movie The Ghost Writer when it debuted at the Berlin Film Festival recently. The thoughtful actor reckoned his mum could do with cheering up after being widowed last year. "She was sitting on the edge of her seat, bless her heart," said Brosnan. "She's 76 now. It just seemed right to follow the gesture of seeing a movie and then to bring her down the red carpet." May had also joined Pierce while he was filming the movie in Paris with controversial director Roman Polanski. The filmmaker had to complete the flick while under
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house arrest in Switzerland amid an ongoing extradition battle with the US, where he faces charges for the statutory rape of a teenage girl back in the 1970s. Pierce said his mum got along very well with the director when they met while filming in Paris. "I invited her and my son, Sean, to Paris. They came over and I went to lunch with Mr Polanski and they joined at the end of the