‘Rocky’ star and filmmaker Sylvester Stallone is a producer on the British sports drama.

Pierce Brosnan undergoes striking transformation as famous boxing trainer in new drama Giant

'Rocky' star and filmmaker Sylvester Stallone is a producer on the British sports drama.

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May 1, 2026 7:08 p.m. ET

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Pierce Brosnan; Pierce Brosnan in 'Giant'. Credit:

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- The new trailer for Giant has been released.

- Pierce Brosnan plays boxing trainer Brendan Ingle in the true story.

- Amie El-Masry stars as Naseem Hamed, the champion boxer whom Ingle trains.

Pierce Brosnan transforms in the new trailer for the boxing drama *Giant*.

Based on a true story, the Sylvester Stallone–produced sports film stars Brosnan as famed Irish trainer Brendan Ingle, and the 72-year-old is almost unrecognizable in the latest look at *Giant*.

The project from writer-director Rowan Athale tracks the relationship between Ingle and prizefighter Naseem Hamed (Amir El-Masry), whom Ingle helped raise from the streets of Sheffield, England, to become a world champion.

The trailer acknowledges the wave of racism that the British-Yemeni boxer dealt with during his run to the top of the sport. "They hate you because you're different," Ingle tells a young Hamed. "Embrace it."

“I think the story of Naz and Brendan teaches us to have courage and belief in yourself,” Brosnan told *The Independent*. “With a good heart, good mind, good passion, and good discipline, you can do anything you choose to do. I was lucky to start my life as an actor in community theatre in Brixton, south London. And once I found that, I found a home, and great strength. I’m hoping *Giant* will inspire some lads and lasses, too.”

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The James Bond actor has been amidst a bit of a renaissance of late, starring in Steven Soderbergh's *Black Bag*, Christopher Columbus' *The Thursday Murder Club*, and Guy Ritchie's hit crime series *MobLand*. Brosnan will return as mobster Conrad Harrigan in season 2 of *MobLand*, and he'll also be seen in the upcoming *Cliffhanger* reboot. Just don't ask him who's going to be the next Bond!

*Giant* releases May 22 in the U.S.

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