On 'The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson' (weeknights, 12:35AM ET on CBS), Pierce Brosnan stopped by to discuss his upcoming thriller 'The Ghost Writer.'

But, things took a decidedly awkward turn when Brosnan mentioned the film's director is none other than Roman Polanski, who was convicted of rape in 1977 and arrested by Swiss police last year because of his outstanding U.S. warrant.

Watch the video after the jump.