Brosnan Can't Drive Like 007

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

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 as the suave secret agent, 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'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 show-business 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 to having one thing in common with 007.

"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."

Brosnan will be seen in action, driving an Aston Martin Vanquish, in Die Another Day - released 20 November.