Legendary actor Pierce Brosnan, who played James Bond, has hit back at rumors that Aaron Taylor-Johnson will be the next 007.

Pierce Brosnan played the secret agent in films from the 1990s and early 2000s, starring in GoldenEye, The World is Not Enough, Die Another Day and Tomorrow Never Dies.

The actor, who played father Taylor-Johnson in 2009 family drama The Greatest, made his point during an appearance on RTE Radio’s The Ray D’Arcy Show.

“He was the best in ‘The Greatest.’ So yeah, I read the news about it possibly being Bond. I think the skills and the talent and the charisma to play Bond, too.”

Brosnan agreed with fellow James Bond film stars Jonathan Pryce (who played the villainous Elliot Carver in Tomorrow Never Dies) and George Lazenby (who appeared in the role of the legendary agent in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service) who gave their blessings to Taylor-Johnson.