Actor Pierce Brosnan is in hot legal water after he walked into restricted areas of Yellowstone National Park.
Brosnan, 70, was cited for traveling off-trail into thermal areas and for violating closures, according to court documents filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Wyoming.
He is ordered to appear in court at the Yellowstone Justice Center on Jan. 23.
Brosnan’s publicist and legal representatives did not immediately respond to requests for comment Thursday.
Yellowstone’s thermal basins are some of the park’s most popular attractions. The areas are home to hot springs, geysers and a variety of other geological sights.
In its guidelines for safely exploring thermal basins, Yellowstone warns visitors to always stay on trails and boardwalks, which protect them as well as the thermal formations. It does not permit swimming or soaking in hot springs, its website says, as more than 20 people have died from the burns that resulted.
“Water in hot springs can cause severe or fatal burns,” the site says, “and scalding water underlies most of the thin, breakable crust around hot springs.”
The intense heat from the hydrothermal features comes from Yellowstone’s active supervolcano, which transfers into the groundwater that then travels to the surface.
Brosnan is reportedly working on a Western, “Unholy Trinity,” which was recently filming at the Yellowstone Film Ranch in Montana, alongside Samuel L. Jackson. He is best known for having starred as James Bond in four films from 1995 to 2002.
