Having spent 14 months being tortured in a North Korean prison, Pierce Brosnan can be forgiven for looking a little dishevelled in his final Bond outing Die Another Day. Even this, however, does not excuse his bare-footed saunter through the lobby of the Hong Kong Yacht Club in a Grizzly Adams beard and a set of soaking wet pyjamas.

Emboldened, the actor went for a similarly revealing stroll in The Matador clad in no more than cowboy boots and a pair of underpants. He’ll have to go some, however, to top the bell-bottomed Spandex creation he wears in Mamma Mia.