Liam Neeson unretires from action movies: 'I'm going to be doing action movies until they bury me in the ground'
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Your support makes all the difference.Liam Neeson's supposed retirement from action films lasted all of two weeks, as he has claimed he will take action roles until his last breath leaves him.
The Taken star was reported as saying he would stop appearing in action movies at Toronto International Film Festival, noting: "I'm like: 'Guy's I'm sixty-f******-five.' Audiences are eventually going to go: 'Come on.'"
But, asked about the ensuing press by Variety this week, Neeson clarified: "It’s not true, look at me! You’re talking in the past tense. I’m going to be doing action movies until they bury me in the ground. I’m unretired."
His unexpectedly successful role in 2008's Taken led to a slew of action hero roles, including ones in The Grey, Non-Stop, Run All Night and A Walk Among the Tombstones.
We suspected this supposed action retirement announcement should be taken with a pinch of salt, though.
In 2013, Neeson said: "I don't think there'll be a Taken 3. She can't get taken again!"
Taken 3 was released in January 2015.
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