Seymour also weighed in on the casting for the next 007 to follow Daniel Craig
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NEED TO KNOW
- Former Bond girl Jane Seymour told PEOPLE exclusively that she is “really good friends with all the Bonds,” including Pierce Brosnan, whom she recently spent time with in Hawaii
- Seymour starred as psychic Solitaire opposite Roger Moore in 1973’s Live and Let Die
- The actress also weighed in on the casting of the next 007 to follow Daniel Craig
Jane Seymour is a proud member of the 007 club.
The actress, who famously portrayed Bond girl Solitaire opposite Roger Moore in 1973's Live and Let Die, told PEOPLE she is "really good friends with all the Bonds," referring to the actors who have played iconic spy James Bond over the years.
"I was in Hawaii recently with Pierce [Brosnan], 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 while stepping out to the 33rd Annual Race to Erase MS Gala in Century City, Calif., on Friday, June 5.
"Maybe they need a painting show with Bond and Bond Girls," Seymour, 75, added.
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When asked to weigh in on the casting of the next 007 to carry on the franchise after Daniel Craig's successful five-film run, Seymour said, "I have no idea. They ask me this all the time."
Brosnan, 73, played Bond in four films: GoldenEye (1995), Tomorrow Never Dies (1997), The World Is Not Enough (1999) and Die Another Day (2002). While he and Seymour have never shared the screen, the two are longtime friends.
Back in 2024, Seymour told PEOPLE that she couldn't "even remember" when she first met Brosnan, and feels as if she has "known him forever."
"I knew him when his late wife was alive," she said, referring to Brosnan's first wife, Cassandra "Cassie" Harris, who died of ovarian cancer in December 1991 at age 39. "That's the first time I met him, in Malibu probably."
"We are neighbors," she continued. "We live in Malibu. Our kids went to school together, and we've just known each other forever."
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Seymour said at the time that she and Brosnan "keep trying to work together" but hadn't found the right project. "But it's something we both said we want to do," she told PEOPLE, adding that they share a passion for art. "We both paint, and I go to his art shows, so yeah, he's great."
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Reflecting on what she appreciates and values most about her friendship with Brosnan, the Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman alum said the pair "talk quite deeply about life and kids."
"And he's a really good guy, and he's funny and irreverent and talented," she added.
As for Seymour's painting pursuits, the actress told PEOPLE at Friday's gala that she is set to launch "a one-woman art show" in New Jersey next week.
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"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 explained.
She shared that she took up painting about 35 years ago when she was going through "a really, really bad time" in her life and found expressing herself through art to be "very healing."
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