GUY RITCHIE might have enjoyed a hit with Netflix’s The Gentlemen, but it seems not everything the director touches turns to gold.
I understand a second series of his Paramount thriller MobLand — starring , and — is hanging in the balance after it got a very mixed response from viewers.
One of the biggest issues involved a surprise flaw of former Pierce.
A TV insider said: “Viewers have been mocking his Irish accent — which is ironic given he was born in Ireland and lived there till he was four years old.
“But he’s always had a cut-glass English delivery.
“Clearly making the shift back to an Irish accent was not as smooth as expected.”;;
In MobLand, Pierce takes the role of Irishman Conrad Hannigan, whose wife Maeve is played by Mirren.
The pair head up a criminal family in London. But clearly Pierce’s accent has been the biggest crime on the show for some viewers.
One posted on X: “Brosnan has to be the only person born and raised in Ireland that can’t pull off an Irish accent.”;;
Another added: “Brosnan’s accent almost makes MobLand unwatchable.”;;
The negative reaction has been a shock given Ritchie’s success with The Gentlemen, for which he is now making a second series.
Paramount were approached for comment.
DRAINING TIME FOR KIRSTIE
TELLY toff has revealed that her most embarrassing moment on is referred to by the crew as “The Flushing Episode”;;.
In a one-off special to celebrate the show’s 25th anniversary tonight, the presenter recalls the fateful day involving broken toilets.
Kirstie says she was showing clients around a house for sale in Devon – only to find the loo didn’t work after she had used it.
She explained: “I was like, ‘Can someone please go get a bucket of water, I’ll sort it out’. It was hell, absolute hell.
“Then three houses later I very quietly say to the property owners, ‘Please can I use your loo?’ And they were having work done and that loo didn’t work either. God, it was a nightmare.”;;
She added: “The loo thing is the biggest issue for me and my job.”;;
A BEAST OF A WIN FOR JIM
star MrBeast will be back for two more seasons of his Prime Video show after its debut outing became the platform’s most-watched unscripted series ever, with 50 MILLION viewers.
The video maker, real name Jimmy Donaldson, hosted and produced Beast Games, which saw 1,000 contestants battle for a £3.7million prize pot that could double in a gamble at the end.
Prizes along the way included millions more pounds and the private Panamanian La Vivienda Island. Amazon’s MGM studios said: “MrBeast achieved a significant milestone.
“Following its record-breaking first season, we eagerly anticipate all the new, jaw-dropping challenges MrBeast has planned.”;;
