Liam Neeson in Absolution
The Big Picture ✕ Remove Ads In the new crime thriller Absolution, Liam Neeson plays an aging, low-level mob goon who tries to reconnect with his family while rapidly losing his memory because of brain trauma he sustained during his days as a boxer. It's a role that plays to Neeson's strengths — his character is both gruff and sympathetic — and there's no doubt the actor's time spent as an amateur boxer in his youth helped fuel his performance.
✕ Remove Ads LIAM NEESON: Well, the foundation stone is always the writing. It's the script. I really liked the script, and I kind of identified with the character because I used to be an amateur boxer as a kid. But, over the years, I've met a couple of punchy ex-professional boxers, a couple of ice hockey players, who took a few too many hits and falls. So when I read the script, I was quite fascinated by this guy who knows he's near the end of his physical life.
I believe this is the second time you've worked with this director, Hans Moland, after Cold Pursuit. When you're working with the director for the first time, how long does it usually take for you to get a sense of how compatible you are with them and whether you think they'd be someone that you would want to work with again?
NEESON: I have to be very involved. If something doesn't feel right — and I may not be able to intellectualize why a jacket doesn't feel right or whatever — it has to be right for me. It has to be. So the actor's input is very, very important. There's no point in wearing something that you're uncomfortable in or having a look that you're uncomfortable with because then that's another hurdle you have to get over in your performance.
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