A camera director at the US Open deserves a raise for the effort they put into pulling off a unique shot. They found a way to highlight the man who once played James Bond at the perfect moment.
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The sequence occurred on Sunday, Sept. 13, as two male tennis stars competed for a prestigious match win. Alexander Zverez and Ben Shelton faced off in the US Open Final while actor Pierce Brosnan watched.
As the Rolex match clock moved to 0:07, the camera feed switched to show Brosnan sitting in the stands, looking distinguished as ever. It was a small moment, but it entertained millions of viewers.
One of the best actors to play the role of the secret agent. pic.twitter.com/4BeKk9Rre6
— Raphael Santos (@Raphael_BR) September 14, 2026
In fact, many people who saw the clip chose to talk about the fitting "James Bond moment" instead of the fact that Zverev defeated Shelton to prevent the first American Grand Slam title since 2003.
"Holy mother of god man that's 007," one person posted on X. Many others joined in on the fun while praising the director and camera operator for the work. One person also pondered if the duo had planned out the moment or if they had just pulled it off in the heat of the moment.
Regardless of how it happened, the internet once again looked back on the history of spy films as well as the video games that these films inspired.
Brosnan took on the role of James Bond in four movies in the 1990s and early 2000s, starting with 1995's GoldenEye. He then followed that film with 1997's Tomorrow Never Dies and 1999's The World is Not Enough.
Both GoldenEye and The World is Not Enough became video games for the Nintendo 64. Tomorrow Never Dies became a video game on the Sony PlayStation.
Brosnan's final on-screen turn as Bond came in 2002. He starred in Die Another Day, a film that culminated with a car chase through a hotel constructed entirely out of ice.
Interestingly, Brosnan returned to the spy world one more time after Die Another Day. He just performed in a different manner. He lent his voice to the video game James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing, which released on the PlayStation 2, Xbox, and other platforms.
