Liam Neeson’s age isn’t getting in the way of his status as an action star.
The 69-year-old actor, who turns 70 on June 7, spoke about becoming an action hero in his golden years while promoting his latest thriller,Blacklight.
“I started being offered all these action scripts,” Neeson said in an interview with Willie Geist forSunday TODAY. “And I’m going, ‘Wow. The lead is 29 years of age.'”
Neeson joked he would cross out the age to read “55, 56, 57.”
“I turn 70 this year, so I’m still getting away with it,” Neeson said, adding he expects to leave behind his action star title eventually.
“I think the action movies will draw to a close — they have to,” he said. “Audiences aren’t stupid, you know. They’re gonna go, ‘Oh, f— this guy, Liam Neeson. He’s got to be 71, 72, 73…’ I’ll stop at some stage.”
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Last month, Neeson revealedhe was planning to stop filming action moviesafter this year.
“I’m 68 and a half — 69 this year,” he toldEntertainment Tonight. “There’s a couple more I’m going to do this year — hopefully, COVID allowing us — there’s a couple in the pipeline and then I think that will probably be it. Well, unless I’m on a Zimmer frame or something.”
Neeson’s career as a critically acclaimed dramatic actor took an unexpected turn in 2008 when he starred as a former government operative on a mission to rescue his daughter from sex traffickers inTaken.
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“They’re very much behind me, I think,” he said. “I haven’t caught them laughing when I’ve left the room.”
Now that he may be easing back from these high-powered roles, comedy may be on the horizon for the actor.
He joked, “It’ll either finish my career or bring it in another direction. I honestly don’t know.”
Blacklightis in theaters on Feb. 11.
source: people.com
