'Percy' cast 'didn't need Brosnan's advice'

Pierce Brosnan has admitted that he did not offer much advice to the young cast of his latest movie Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief.

The 56-year-old actor took on the role of the mythical creature Chiron in the new film, which tells the story of a young boy who discovers he is the son of Greek god Poseidon.

Asked if he coached any of the movie's stars, Brosnan replied: "My only remark was 'Grace under pressure'. Someone said it to me a long time ago when I set sail on the Bond movies and I entered into the vortex of promoting a film and I would be going nuts at the end of the day.

"That was the only advice that I gave the lads and lasses. But they don't need it - they're all brilliant."

Brosnan also joked that it was his character's well-built physique which most attracted him to the part when he was in talks with director Chris Columbus.

He told Live From Studio Five: "Chris Columbus was very clever. He sent me this artist's impression of me as Chiron looking rather butch, looking rather brilliant actually! My ego was inflated and then I set sail and did the movie!"