Pierce Brosnan has revealed that Robin Williams had him ‘falling around the floor with laughter’ over his X-rated takes on the set of Mrs Doubtfire.
The pair shared the screen in the iconic family film, which hit the big screen in November 1993.
It followed the late actor as Daniel Hillard, who went to drastic measures during his divorce from wife Miranda (Sally Field), disguising himself as a much older housekeeper to spend more time with his children, Lydia (Lisa Jakub), Chris (Matthew Lawrence), and Natalie (Mara Wilson).
The James Bond icon, 71, starred as Stuart ‘Stu’ Dunmeyer, who began dating the mom-of-three after her marriage ended.
In a new interview with Vanity Fair, he couldn’t help but laugh loudly as he reminisced over old footage, including the chaotic restaurant scene where the family celebrated Miranda’s birthday.
Touching on the moment Williams, as the nanny, made suggestive jokes about Stu’s relationship with his ex-wife, Brosnan recalled how ‘blue’ his co-star’s jokes became.
‘There’s reams of footage of me just falling around on the floor with laughter,’ he said. ‘He went really blue.
‘He really was quite colorful, because the children weren’t there and it was just Robin and myself, and he knew he had me in the crosshairs with his humor. I loved the man.’
Discussing their first meeting, he also shared how the comedian would ‘jump all over the place’ and slip into various accents, including the one he settled on for the housekeeper.
‘He was such a kind-hearted man. He was such a beautiful soul. No one made me laugh quite like Robin Williams did,’ he added.
‘The job was just pure heaven, pure heaven. Pure joy.’
Williams tragically died in 2014, at the age of 63, sending Hollywood into mourning.
Although he lit up the screen countless times in Good Will Hunting, Dead Poets Society, Jumanji and many more, Mrs Doubtfire is definitely among his most beloved roles.
Despite the character being ‘written just for Williams’ casting director Janet Hirshenson previously revealed that he went above and beyond to help young actors with their own auditions.
‘What was most fun was, I loved casting the children,’ she previously told Metro of working on Chris Columbus’ project. ‘We took all of our favorite children from LA to San Francisco to test with Robin, and Robin was so…. wonderful.
‘He improvised all the time but these were little children, including five-year-olds and it was their test.
‘He was trying so hard to keep on book, to help the kids with their audition.’
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