Pierce Brosnan forced to flee $100M Malibu compound over fears of quakes, fire and sky-high costs

Pierce Brosnan is ready to say goodbye to his slice of Malibu paradise, after decades of dodging wildfires, worrying about earthquakes and shelling out a fortune to keep his sprawling $100 million compound afloat.The former James Bond star, 73, and wife Keely Shaye Smith, 62, are preparing to move on from the spectacular oceanfront estate they have called home for more than two decades, with Brosnan admitting that life along California’s famously volatile coastline has begun to lose some of its luster.“We’ve been spared by the fires a few times now.But I think it’s time to move,” Brosnan told The Times.

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By clicking above you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.Never miss a story The actor said living beside the Pacific Ocean, in an area vulnerable to earthquakes and devastating wildfires, has created an underlying sense of unease. “We live by this body of earth’s water on a fault in a ring of earthquakes.

That creates a fear,” he told the outlet.Those fears are hardly hypothetical.Malibu was hammered by the catastrophic Los Angeles wildfires in January 2025, which destroyed the homes of celebrities including Mel Gibson, Paris Hilton and Jeff Bridges.Brosnan’s own home has already had a frightening brush with flames.In 2015, a fire erupted in the property’s garage while the actor and his family were home, causing an estimated $1 million in damage. Now Mother Nature is once again rattling Malibu’s millionaire playground.A monster sinkhole recently tore through Sea Level Drive, a private beachfront road in an exclusive enclave associated with wealthy residents including Nicolas Cage.The collapse ballooned to an estimated 25 to 30 feet deep and roughly 30 by 60 feet wide, cutting off the road’s only entrance and exit and forcing eva...