Liam Neeson Once Again Says He's Retiring From Action Movies - /FILM

Then came Taken, the 2008 flick that inexplicably turned Neeson into an action hero.

Ever since Taken, Neeson has stuck with his action star status – a move that sometimes backfired, like when the bleak drama The Grey was incorrectly marketed as a movie about Neeson fist-fighting some wolves instead of the harrowing meditation on death that it actually was.

Now, it looks like Neeson is ready to retire from action films Then again…he’s said that before.

The statement about Liam Neeson retiring from action movies comes from an interview the actor gave to ET (via The Independent).

When asked if he was done with action roles, Neeson replied in the affirmative, although he also added he has a few more action movies already in the works.

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,” Neeson said?

Back in 2015, Neeson was asked this same question and said he would probably make action movies for “maybe two more years,” adding: If God spares me and I’m healthy.

But after that, I’ll stop [the action], I think.

I’m going to be doing action movies until they bury me in the ground.