Pierce Brosnan and Amir El-Masry on their Prince Naseem biopic: ‘I hope it inspires some lads and lasses’

After a career of playing dashing gents, the Irish actor has transformed himself to play the late boxing trainer Brendan Ingle in ‘Giant’, a biopic of the boxing legend ‘Prince’ Naseem Hamad. He and actor Amir El-Masry speak to Adam White about self-belief, self-doubt and why early retirement was never on the cards for them