James Bond star Pierce Brosnan has been charged with trespassing in a thermal area during a recent trip to Yellowstone National Park in the US.
The Irish actor is alleged to have walked in an off-limits area at Mammoth Terraces, in the northern part of Yellowstone near the Wyoming-Montana border, on November 1, according to court citations.
Brosnan, 70, who played Bond on the big screen four times before Daniel Craig took on the role, is set to make a mandatory appearance on January 23 in the courtroom of the world's oldest national park.
The 007 star, from Drogheda in County Louth, was in the park on a personal visit and not for film work, the US Attorney's Office for Wyoming said.
However, Brosnan was in the wider area due to filming Unholy Trinity, a Western also starring Samuel L. Jackson.
Mammoth Terraces is a scenic spot of hot springs bubbling from a hillside.
They are just some of the park's hundreds of thermal features, which range from spouting geysers to gurgling mud pots, with water at or near boiling point.
Going out-of-bounds in such areas is barred as it can be dangerous. More than 20 people have been killed after falling into the park's springs.
Some of the millions of people who visit Yellowstone each year get badly burned by ignoring warnings not to stray off the trail.
In August, a Michigan man sustained thermal burns after leaving the official trail.
Getting caught can bring legal peril, as jail time, hefty fines and bans from the park are handed down to trespassers regularly.
In addition to his Bond films, Brosnan starred in the 1980s TV series Remington Steele and is known for starring roles in the films Mrs Doubtfire and The Thomas Crown Affair.
