Being part of the James Bond universe apparently comes with one very exclusive perk: lifelong membership in a pretty star-studded club.
Former Bond girl Jane Seymour, who played Solitaire opposite Roger Moore in 1973’s Live and Let Die (as shown in the photo below), revealed that she’s stayed close with many of the actors who’ve suited up as 007 over the years — including Pierce Brosnan, despite the two never sharing the screen in the franchise.
Speaking to People at the 33rd Annual Race to Erase MS Gala in Century City, California, Seymour said, “I am really good friends with all the Bonds.”
In fact, she recently spent time with Brosnan in Hawaii, where the longtime friends were indulging in a shared hobby.
“I was in Hawaii recently with Pierce, and of course I never did [a Bond movie] with Pierce, but he’s been a good friend for years, and we were painting together,” she said.
Seymour even pitched an idea for what might be the most unexpectedly wholesome Bond spinoff imaginable.
“Maybe they need a painting show with Bond and Bond Girls,” she joked.
As for the question that seems to follow every member of the Bond family around these days — who should replace Daniel Craig as the next 007 — Seymour said she doesn’t have any special insight.
“I have no idea. They ask me this all the time,” she admitted.
Brosnan, who played the superspy in GoldenEye, Tomorrow Never Dies, The World Is Not Enough, and Die Another Day, has been part of Seymour’s life for decades.
The actress previously told People in 2024 that she could hardly remember their first meeting because it feels like they’ve “known him forever.”
“I knew him when his late wife was alive,” she said, referring to Cassandra “Cassie” Harris. “That’s the first time I met him, in Malibu probably.”
Their friendship only grew from there.
“We are neighbors,” Seymour explained. “We live in Malibu. Our kids went to school together, and we’ve just known each other forever.”
The pair have also talked about finding a project to work on together, though nothing has lined up just yet.
“We keep trying to work together,” Seymour said. “But it’s something we both said we want to do.”
For now, art has been their creative connection.
“We both paint, and I go to his art shows, so yeah, he’s great,” she added.
Seymour is also preparing to showcase her own work, revealing at Friday’s gala that she’ll be opening “a one-woman art show” in New Jersey featuring more than 100 pieces.
“Over a hundred pieces of art that I’ve done over the years. Everything from pen and inks to watercolors to pastels to oils, acrylics, and sculpture,” she said.
Painting, she explained, became an important outlet about 35 years ago during what she described as “a really, really bad time” in her life, and creating art turned out to be “very healing.”