Liam Neeson says he thought his famous 'particular set of skills' speech in 'Taken' was corny. 'I remember when we were shooting that scene, I begged [director] Pierre Morel, 'Please, can we cut this back? This is so corny.'' More:
, so you were ahead of the curve as far as superhero movies go. How do you feel about their ubiquity these days?
I’ll be honest: All these superhero movies? I’m not a fan. I’m really not. I admire them because it’s Hollywood with all their bells and whistles and technology, which is phenomenal, but they all seem to me to be just the same story. You can say, OK, youYou took the words right out of my mouth. They had a noir feel to them. And Chris Bale and Gary Oldman? Come on! What a cast.
I was out in LA with my then-English agent and she said, “Oh, this film’s going to happen, this part’s a giant, and the director is coming to London to meet actors.” So I’m back in London and going to meet Rob Reiner at a hotel. I went up, knocked on the door, and Rob was behind a desk with the casting director. He looked at me, looked at her, looked at me, looked at her, and shouted, “I need a giant! What height are you?” I said, “Six-foot-four.
I see. Yeah, it was a good movie. I was miscast, I have to say. I mean that a thousand percent. I hadn’t seen it before the Toronto Film Festival and most of my interviews were with Viola Davis, and I’m so glad I didn’t see the film because I wouldn’t have been there. I really believe I was miscast. I did not like my actingLiam Neeson on the set of ‘
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