--- description: Pierce Brosnan stopped with knife by Transportation Security Administration agents at a Burlington Vermont airport title: Police: Pierce Brosnan Stopped With Knife by TSA image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf8a3aa9de9f12732/69885df40b72e3d5e76e53e9/people-pierce-brosnan_waxm.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Even James Bond Can't Get Past the TSA  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Aug 5, 2015 2:35 PM CUT  Pierce Brosnan attends the Press Room at the 67th Annual DGA Awards, in Los Angeles, Feb. 7, 2015. Pierce Brosnan attends the Press Room at the 67th Annual DGA Awards, in Los Angeles, Feb. 7, 2015.Richard Shotwell/Invision—AP  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Aug 5, 2015 2:35 PM CUT Transportation Security Administration agents at the Burlington International Airport in Vermont stopped former _James Bond_ actor Pierce Brosnan because he was carrying a knife, Burlington Police Department Lieutenant Shawn Burke [told the _Associated Press_](http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2015/08/05/pierce-brosnan-stopped-at-vermont-airport-because-knife/ "undefined") based on a tip from airport authorities. The blade was [reportedly](http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/aug/05/fly-another-day-former-007-pierce-brosnan-stopped-by-airport-security "undefined") a ten-inch hunting knife, though once TSA stopped Brosnan and the issue was dealt with, the actor was able to continue his journey. No word on whether the Irish actor and star of _GoldenEye_ and _Die Another Day_ identified himself to authorities at the checkpoint as “Bond. James Bond.” ### Being 007: LIFE Behind the Scenes at James Bond Auditions  A composite image of the five top candidates (including ultimate choice George Lazenby, bottom right). Published in the October 11, 1968, issue of LIFE. Loomis Dean—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Image  John Richardson during James Bond auditions, 1967. Loomis Dean—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Image  On Her Majesty's Secret Service director Peter R. Hunt oversees a test love scene between John Richardson and an actress, moving her leg just so. Loomis Dean—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Image  John Richardson during James Bond auditions, 1967. Loomis Dean—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Image  James Bond audition candidate John Richardson (left), in profile, 1967. Loomis Dean—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Image  John Richardson reacts as his screen-test costar pulls out a gun, 1967. Loomis Dean—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Image  Director Peter Hunt studies John Richardson during his audition, 1967. Loomis Dean—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Image  John Richardson continued to act after he lost out on the Bond role, appearing in On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1970) and a string of Italian movies. Loomis Dean—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Image  James Bond audition finalist Anthony Rogers, 1967. Loomis Dean—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Image  Anthony Rogers and an actress during a screen test, 1967. Loomis Dean—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Image  Anthony Rogers smokes a cigarette during his James Bond audition, 1967. Loomis Dean—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Image  Anthony Rogers smokes a cigarette during his James Bond audition, 1967. Loomis Dean—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Image  Robert Campbell during James Bond auditions, 1967. Loomis Dean—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Image  Director Peter R. Hunt helps Robert Campbell get into a shoulder holster, 1967. Loomis Dean—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Image  Robert Campbell checks a page of lines during a James Bond audition, 1967. Loomis Dean—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Image  James Bond hopeful Robert Campbell adjusts his shirt and jacket, 1967. Loomis Dean—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Image  Robert Campbell looks in the mirror between filming scenes for his James Bond audition, 1967. Loomis Dean—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Image  Robert Campbell during a kissing test, opposite actress France Anglade, 1967. Loomis Dean—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Image  Hans de Vries during James Bond audition, 1967. Loomis Dean—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Image  Hans De Vries and France Anglade, James Bond audition, 1967. Loomis Dean—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Image  Hans de Vries during James Bond audition, 1967. Loomis Dean—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Image  George Lazenby during James Bond audition, 1967. Loomis Dean—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Image  James Bond hopeful George Lazenby fiddles with a knife while chatting with Bond director Peter R. Hunt, 1967. Loomis Dean—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Image  George Lazenby goofs off behind the scenes of his screen test, boxing with an unidentified man, 1967. Loomis Dean—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Image  George Lazenby twirls a gun beside potential Bond Girl Marie-France Boyer, 1967. Loomis Dean—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Image  George Lazenby during auditions for the role of James Bond, 1967. Loomis Dean—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Image  George Lazenby and Bond Girl hopeful Agneta Eckemyr, 1967. Loomis Dean—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Image  George Lazenby leans against a bar during a moment away from James Bond auditions, 1967. Loomis Dean—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Image  George Lazenby, 1967. 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