Pierce Brosnan was "sick for a week" after eating rat

He said: "[The worst thing I've put in my mouth] is rat. I was in Nigeria making a movie called 'Mister Johnson' and we went into town one night and there were these delicacies on a stick.

"I thought it was beef, but it was rat skin. I was sick for a week."

The 'Son' actor had a hidden talent for baking bread, but it isn't something he's done for a while.

He said: "I used to bake bread - I was a good baker of soda bread - but I haven't picked up a pot in a long time."

Despite his own fame, Pierce was left starstruck when he met legendary actor Robert De Niro.

Asked when he was most starstruck, he recalled: "It was at the 'Night of 100 Stars 2' at Radio City [in 1985] and I met Robert De Niro.

"We were waiting to go on stage and I got to shake his hand and tell him how much I appreciated his work.

"I met him again recently and once more told him how much I thought of him as an actor and as a dude."

The former James Bond star has been left with a scarred face following a mishap during a fight scene.

He said: "I have a scar on my face from 'Tomorrow Never Dies'. It was a fight scene and some guy with a helmet snapped his head back and sliced my face open.

"There's another on my forehead which I have from tidal boarding here in Malibu."