Brosnan admits he doesn't drive like Bond

James Bond star Pierce Brosnan has admitted he is a bumbling driver – despite his screen persona being ice cool behind the wheel.

The star – soon to be seen zooming around in an Aston Martin Vanquish - pointed out he is far from the 007 image.

He told November’s Reader’s Digest magazine: “I’m perceived as this sophisticated, debonair, distant person, this macho guy -and I’m not like that.

“Following me around for a day in my life would be quite comedic.

Brosnan, who will be seen in the 20th movie about the suave secret agent later this year, said his road skills were not quite up to Bond’s standards.

“I got a Porsche recently on loan – a convertible with gear stick. I stopped to buy some chewing gum and a paper at the news-stand.

“I’d just said hello to some tourists who think I’m James Bond and I’m trying to be cool and start the bloody car – and I stall it.

And on a recent visit to a top showbusiness agent with his wife Keely Shaye Smith he almost crashed.

“I’m driving the Mercedes and we’re talking away as we approach the gate. I take my foot off the brake and Keely goes ‘brake, brake’ – she just yanked the emergency brake. We stopped an inch from the gate.”

However, Brosnan, 49, admitted there were some similarities.

“I don’t have a licence to kill but I do love vodka martinis, which are rather delicious after a long day. I drank them before Bond, and I’ll carry on drinking them after Bond – in moderation."