Brosnan tricked by 'Mamma Mia!' co-stars

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Pierce Brosnan was tricked by Julie Walters and Meryl Streep on the set of their new movie Mamma Mia!.

The former Bond actor was apprehensive about learning dance routines for the musical, providing Walters and Streep with the perfect opportunity to have some fun.

"Pierce was really nervous when he came in and he was the last to join us for dance rehearsals," Walters explained. "So we played a joke on him. We'd already had quite a bit of rehearsal for one of the routines - 'Voulez Vous' - and it was quite complicated.

"When he arrived we said to him 'Oh no! We haven't rehearsed at all' - but of course we all knew the routine perfectly. So he tried it - and thought he was a total klutz compared to the rest of us. We did let on eventually though."

Mamma Mia!, which features 24 of Abba's greatest hits, is released on Thursday in the UK.