Movie star Pierce Brosnan has his sights set on making a new epic western full of his Irish friends. The former James Bond star so enjoyed making post-American Civil War period movie Seraphim Falls with countryman Liam Neeson he wants to go further back into US history to visit the Wild West - and he hopes to take a few pals with him.

Growing up on the mean streets of Belfast, Northern Ireland in the 1960s and 1970s helped actor Liam Neeson shape his vengeful character in new period movie Seraphim Falls. The Michael Collins star admits he only had to conjure up memories of his upbringing in the troubled city to set himself up to play an American Civil War colonel with a score to settle.