Brosnan’s co-star Helen Mirren, who plays his wife Maeve, chimed in to give her support on his accent: “Brilliantly, I have to say. A pig farmer who’s actually spent a lot of time in London.

Helen Mirren, who plays the ice-veined matriarch Maeve, described her turn as “liberating” and likened the role to “a hybrid of Phaedra and Lady Macbeth” — minus any moral compass.