In the collective imagination, Liam Neeson is the perfect action movie hero. It must be said that after the success of Luc Besson in 2008’s Take in, the actor has mostly confined himself to this genre, even if it means repeating himself. But that era was soon over according to a key stakeholder.
The star says he wants to stop doing action films by the end of 2025. This is what she reveals in her celebrity columns. People magazine With an invincible argument: his age. “I am 72 years oldhe says. This has to stop at some point. You cannot mislead the public all the time. I don’t want Mark to do my action scenes for me.”
“Marco“It is none other than Mark Vancelow, a dedicated stuntman who has worked with Liam Neeson on countless films. If the actor is aiming to retire before the end of 2025, do not panic: other films have been made and are expected to be released before this fateful moment.
Action icon for 16 years
Sixteen years have passed since Taken and, in total, Liam Neeson has starred in more than twenty action films, such as Non-Stop, Night Run, The Passenger, Blacklight, Murderous Memory or, more recently, Retribution – and that’s 2 and counting. 3.
However, Liam Neeson has always paralleled his career in the dramatic register, in films such as Martin Scorsese’s Silence, Steve McQueen’s Widows or Jay Bayona’s Minutes After Midnight.
The next action movie starring Liam Neeson is Absolution, which is coming soon to Prime Video. The star will also star in the action comedy remake of Is It a Cop to Save the Queen?, in theaters on August 6, 2025.
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