Liam Neeson's career as a beloved action star looks set to come to an end next year. While filming his new film, Absolution, he told People Magazine that his revenge movies may soon be a thing of the past.
In recent years, Liam Neeson has managed to attract attention through a number of action films, he always plays a vengeful character. However, he admits that he may not be able to do action scenes for a long time.
“ I’m 72 years old — eventually it has to stop. You can’t cheat the audience. I don’t want Mark to replace me in action scenes, ” Liam Neeson said, referring to his stunt partner Mark Vanselow , as quoted on Thursday October 24, 2024.
In the entertainment world, especially in action films, actors who have reached that age usually face greater obstacles in doing action scenes because of the high physical demands. Age is a factor that cannot be fought.
Liam Neeson told People that 2025 might be the end of his career as an action actor. " Maybe the end of next year. I think that's the time ," he said. Liam Neeson himself has contributed to several major productions. He won praise for his role in the Oscar-nominated film Schindler's List.
He led two Taken sequels and has been all-out in a string of action films, including Unknown (2011), The Grey (2012), Non-Stop (2014), Run All Night (2015), The Commuter (2018), The Ice Road (2021), and many more.
His latest action project, Absolution , due out in November, reunites him with Cold Pursuit director Hans Petter Moland. This film, which will be shown in Indonesian cinemas, also stars Ron Perlman, Frankie Shaw, Daniel Diemer, Yolonda Ross, Deanna Tarraza, Levon Panek, Ryan Homchick.
Although Liam Neeson plans to retire from action films in 2025, he is still making films in the genre. This year, he stars opposite Zachary Levi in Hotel Tehran, a new action thriller directed by Guy Moshe. The project began filming in late summer.
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