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Liam Neeson Willing To Return To Star Wars
Liam Neeson is open to a 'Star Wars' return.The 69-year-old star portrayed Jedi Qui-Gon Jinn in the 'Star Wars' prequel trilogy and explained that he would be happy to reprise the part – as long...
By Bang Showbiz in Movies / TV / Theatre on 19 April 2022
Liam Neeson Will Continue To Do Action Movies
Liam Neeson will continue to do action movies until he's not asked to anymore.The 'Taken' star is known for appearing in a string of high-energy films but he has no plans on slowing down, as...
By Bang Showbiz in Movies / TV / Theatre on 25 June 2021
Guy Pearce And Monica Bellucci Join Memory Cast
Guy Pearce and Monica Bellucci have joined the cast of 'Memory'.The 53-year-old actor and 56-year-old actress will feature alongside Liam Neeson for the thriller, which is being directed by 'Casino Royale' filmmaker Martin Campbell.Harold Torres,...
By Bang Showbiz in Movies / TV / Theatre on 15 April 2021
Liam Neeson Keen To Play Zeus Again
Liam Neeson would love to play Zeus again in another movie. The 68-year-old star portrayed the king of the gods in 2010 motion picture 'Clash of the Titans', and he got "such a kick" out...
By Bang Showbiz in Movies / TV / Theatre on 19 January 2021
Liam Neeson Plans Retirement From Action Movies
Liam Neeson is planning to retire from action movies.The 'Marksman' star has a few more projects in the works but then he thinks he needs to take on less physical movies now he's getting older.He...
By Bang Showbiz in Movies / TV / Theatre on 15 January 2021
Liam Neeson To Star In Retribution
Liam Neeson is to star in 'Retribution'.The 68-year-old actor will lead the cast of the action thriller, a remake of the acclaimed 2015 Spanish film 'El Desconocido'. The flick is considered to be similar to...
By Bang Showbiz in Movies / TV / Theatre on 10 November 2020
Liam Neeson To Star In Blacklight
Liam Neeson is to star in 'Blacklight'. The 68-year-old actor is said to have been quarantining in a hotel in Sydney for a week ahead of flying to Melbourne to start shooting the Hollywood action...
By Bang Showbiz in Movies / TV / Theatre on 02 November 2020
Love Actually Is Cheesy And Has Aged Badly, Says Star Lulu Popplewell
'Love Actually' star Lulu Popplewell has branded the film cheesy and has "aged badly".The comedian-and-actress was just 12 years old when she starred as Daisy in Richard Curtis' 2003 Christmas rom-com, and despite it being...
By Bang Showbiz in Movies / TV / Theatre on 16 October 2020
Jai Courtney Was Desperate To Play A Villain In Honest Thief
Jai Courtney wanted to play a villain in 'Honest Thief'.The 34-year-old actor stars alongside Liam Neeson in the action thriller as corrupt FBI agent John Nivens and revealed that he was desperate to dip into...
By Bang Showbiz in Movies / TV / Theatre on 13 October 2020
Liam Neeson Was Rejected For The Princess Bride Due To Height
Liam Neeson was once rejected for a role in 'The Princess Bride'. The 68-year-old actor tried out for the part of giant Fezzik in the 1987 movie, but director Rob Reiner insisted the 'Taken' star...
By Bang Showbiz in Movies / TV / Theatre on 12 October 2020
Liam Neeson Was Rejected For The Princess Bride Due To Height
Liam Neeson was once rejected for a role in 'The Princess Bride'. The 68-year-old actor tried out for the part of giant Fezzik in the 1987 movie, but director Rob Reiner insisted the 'Taken' star...
By Bang Showbiz in Movies / TV / Theatre on 12 October 2020
Liam Neeson Praises Son For Changing Surname To Honour Natasha Richardson
Liam Neeson has praised his son's decision to change his surname to Richardson to honour his late mother.The 'Taken' actor's son Micheál paid ''a lovely homage'' to his late mother Natasha Richardson - who Liam...
By Bang Showbiz in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 17 September 2020
Liam Neeson: I Thought 'Taken' Would Be A Flop
Liam Neeson thought 'Taken' would be a box office flop.The 68-year-old actor - who is arguably most famous for his role in the 2008 movie, where he stars as an ex-Secret Service agent desperate to...
By Bang Showbiz in Movies / TV / Theatre on 11 August 2020
Michael Richardson: Liam Neeson Didn't Want To Talk About Natasha's Death
Michael Richardson says that his father Liam Neeson shied away from grieving after Natasha Richardson's death.The 25-year-old actor tragically lost his mother in 2009 after she suffered a brain haemorrhage following a skiing accident. He...
By Bang Showbiz in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 04 August 2020
James D'arcy Wants To Direct A Marvel Movie
James D'Arcy wants to direct a Marvel film.The 44-year-old actor has made his directorial debut on comedy 'Made in Italy', which features Liam Neeson and the 'Taken' star's son Michael Richardson, and he's up for...
By Bang Showbiz in Movies / TV / Theatre on 04 August 2020
Natasha Richardson's Son MicheáL: I Still Haven't Fully Comprehended My Mother's Death
Micheál Richardson hasn't ''fully comprehended'' his mother Natasha Richardson's 2009 death.The 25-year-old actor - who is the son of Natasha and Liam Neeson - was just 13 when his mother passed away at the age...
By Bang Showbiz in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 30 July 2020
David Leitch To Direct Bullet Train
David Leitch is to direct 'Bullet Train'.The 'Atomic Blonde' filmmaker has signed up to direct the action thriller for Sony Pictures.David will also produce the movie along with regular partner Kelly McCormick for their 87North...
By Bang Showbiz in Movies / TV / Theatre on 25 June 2020
Liam Neeson's Mother Dies Aged 94
Liam Neeson's mother has died.Katherine 'Kitty' Neeson passed away aged 94 in Northern Ireland on Saturday (06.06.20), a day before the movie star was set to celebrate his 68th birthday.Kitty's death was acknowledged during the...
By Bang Showbiz in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 07 June 2020
Nick Jonas And Laurence Fishburne To Star In The Blacksmith
Nick Jonas and Laurence Fishburne are to star in 'The Blacksmith'.The pair have joined the cast of 'Taken' director Pierre Morel's new movie.Nick, 27, will play the role of 'Blacksmith' Wes Loomis, a weapons expert...
By Bang Showbiz in Movies / TV / Theatre on 20 May 2020
Helen Mirren And Liam Neeson Gush About Their Former Romance
It's always nice to see that two people who once loved each other very much can come together again as the most amicable of friends. Dame Helen Mirren and Liam Neeson did just that when...
By Holly Williams in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 19 January 2018
Liam Neeson Thinks We Need A Mark Felt Today
In the film Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House, Liam Neeson stars as the title figure, the FBI agent who used the nickname "Deep Throat" as he leaked top secret information...
By Rich Cline in Movies / TV / Theatre on 16 October 2017
Liam Neeson Has "Unretired" Himself From Action Movies
Having disappointed action movie fans the world over when he declared that he would never make another one of his Taken-style thriller films, Liam Neeson has officially declared himself “unretired” from the genre.The 65 year...
By Ed Biggs in Movies / TV / Theatre on 28 September 2017
Sandwich Shop Offers Free Food To Liam Neeson - Who Of Course Turns Up To Collect
Workers at a Canadian sandwich shop have pulled off a marketing masterstroke by bagging a visit from acting superstar Liam Neeson, simply by offering him free food!Staff at the Big Star Sandwich Co. in the...
By Ed Biggs in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 04 May 2017
Celebrating 10 Of Ireland's Finest Stars
To celebrate St. Patrick's Day, we pay tribute to some of the most significant Irish men and women in Hollywood and beyond, because for such a small country, so many legends have been created there....
By Holly Williams in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 17 March 2017
'Love Actually' Mini-sequel Will Not Include A Tribute To Alan Rickman
Love Actually director Richard Curtis has confirmed that the upcoming mini-sequel for Red Nose Day will not feature a tribute to the late Alan Rickman.Rickman died aged 69 in January of last year, after a...
By Stephanie Chase in Movies / TV / Theatre on 20 February 2017
Liam Neeson: Andrew Garfield Is An 'Extraordinary' Actor
Liam Neeson has opened up about working alongside Andrew Garfield on their new film 'Silence' - the latter's second movie based on religion this year. 64-year-old Neeson might be an Oscar nominated acting veteran, but...
By Holly Williams in Movies / TV / Theatre on 23 December 2016
Liam Neeson Confirms He’S Not Dating An 'Incredibly Famous' Mystery Woman
After Liam Neeson got us all playing Sherlock and trying to work out who his famous mystery girlfriend could be, reps for the 63-year-old have now confirmed he was just ‘joking’ about his new love....
By Stephanie Chase in Movies / TV / Theatre on 12 February 2016
Liam Neeson's Mystery Woman Is Not Kristen Stewart
Liam Neeson’s revelation a few weeks ago that he’s been dating an “incredibly famous” mystery woman has had the internet blazing with speculation, including one piece which claimed that it might be Twilight actress Kristen...
By Ed Biggs in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 11 February 2016
Liam Neeson Reveals He’S Dating An 'Incredibly Famous' Mystery Woman
Actor Liam Neeson has revealed he’s dating an ‘incredibly famous woman’, but he won’t give away who. The Irish actor was married to Natasha Richardson until her tragic death in 2009 and admits that talking...
By Stephanie Chase in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 09 February 2016
Johnny Depp Tops List Of Hollywood's Most Overpaid Actors For 2015
Johnny Depp has received the unfortunate honour of topping Forbes' annual list of Hollywood’s most overpaid actors. Last year Depp was ranked number two on the list, but thanks to recent films Mortdecai and Transcendence...
By Stephanie Chase in Movies / TV / Theatre on 23 December 2015
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