Controversial actor Robert Blake (born Michael James Gubitosi) died today in Los Angeles from heart disease, according to his niece, Noreen Austin. He was 89 years old.
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Michaela Zee editor Liam Neeson celebrated his 100th film “Marlowe” during a special screening Wednesday night at New York City’s Crosby Street Hotel. “How did I get so lucky? Do you ever get moments like that? Where you think, if I was 15 years of age in a chemistry class or a math lesson in school, and someone showed you a video of where you are now — you’d say, ‘I don’t believe it,’” Neeson told Variety. “Especially working with Jessica Lange, Alan Cumming, Diane Kruger. It’s just a great cast.” Based on John Banville’s novel “The Black-Eyed Blonde,” the neo-noir crime thriller follows Raymond Chandler’s iconic detective Philip Marlowe (Neeson), who is hired to find heiress Clare Cavendish’s (Diane Kruger) missing former lover.
Although the private eye has been portrayed by such screen veterans as Humphrey Bogart, Elliott Gould and Robert Mitchum, Neeson “didn’t feel intimidated by these other actors, as great as they were.” “Growing up in the north of Ireland, on my TV screen in our living room. Every Sunday afternoon, there seemed to be a film noir. Someone with their trench coat turned up and the Shelby hat and the rain pouring down,” Neeson said. “So I feel like I have grown up with that kind of character.” Neeson and director Neil Jordan watched a series of noir films to prepare for “Marlowe,” particularly those adapted from Chandler’s work like 1946’s “The Big Sleep” and 1973’s “The Long Goodbye.” “We watched everything in the noir library, let’s put it that way,” Jordan explained. “And I just wanted to make a film that was saturated with color. I didn’t want to make a black-and-white movie, I didn’t want to make a movie that was full of shadows, and I didn’t even want to approximate the color palette to
Controversial actor Robert Blake (born Michael James Gubitosi) died today in Los Angeles from heart disease, according to his niece, Noreen Austin. He was 89 years old.
Shamier Anderson is making his debut in the “John Wick” franchise, with his character engaging in a memorably brutal fight scene with Keanu Reeves’ character in the upcoming “John Wick: Chapter 4”.
Liam Neeson has recreated the iconic phone scene from his 2008 hit Taken while at a hockey game in New York.While attending the game between the New York Rangers and the Ottawa Senators at Madison Square Garden, a clip of the iconic scene from Taken was shown on the jumbotron before panning to Neeson recreating the scene in real life to raucous applause.The scene sees Neeson’s character Bryan Mills threatening the person who kidnapped his daughter Kim (Maggie Grace) over the phone, which birthed the famous line “I have a particular set of skills.”Watch the reenactment below.Liam Neeson really did 'Taken' on the jumbotron
Liam Neeson has said he was left “unimpressed” following an appearance on US chat show The View last week (February 16).The actor appeared on the show to promote his new movie Marlowe, a neo-noir crime thriller also starring Diane Kruger and Jessica Lange. At numerous points throughout, the interview was derailed by segments about panelist Joy Behar’s crush on the actor.During a montage of clips fawning over the actor, Behar remarks: “I would just like to have my ashes sprinkled over Liam Neeson.”Speaking to Rolling Stone about his experience on the show, Neeson said: “I was in the dressing room drinking a cup of tea, turned the TV up, and I thought, ‘Oh, this will be great.
Liam Neeson wasn’t very happy with his recent appearance on The View!
told Vanity Fair. “It was a cornball. I really did feel that.
Liam Neeson. In a new interview with , the action star cleared up rumors that he was slated to take on the role of 007 in the early '90s, and shared why his late wife, Natasha Richardson, changed his mind about playing Agent 007.«I was not offered James Bond. I know the Broccolis.
Liam Neeson has revealed his late wife, Natasha Richardson, told him they’d not be getting married if he played James Bond.The Memory actor said that he’d been tapped up in the ’90s over potentially playing 007 in 1995’s Golden Eye. However, it seems Richardson wasn’t bowled over by the idea of her soon-to-be husband playing the hard-drinking, pun-loving lothario.Recalling having his hat thrown into the ring to play Bond, Neeson told Rolling Stone that his late wife had told him “we’re not getting married” if he decided to take the role.“I was not offered James Bond. I know the Broccolis.
conversation took a turn and became more frivolous. “And then our segment starts and it’s just all this BS with Joy [Behar] and Liam Neeson and having a crush, and I’ve known Whoopi for years and Joy a little bit, but I just wasn’t impressed,” he continued.
Liam Neeson is opening up about his incredible career.
Going on “The View” was a little much for Liam Neeson.
his appearance on the ABC talk show last week as “embarrassing,” telling Rolling Stone the entire segment left him feeling “uncomfortable.”During his appearance on the show, co-host Joy Behar couldn’t help but air out her longtime crush on the “Taken” actor.In fact, the segment included a montage of clips that showed Behar making bizarre on-air comments such as, “I would just like to have my ashes sprinkled over Liam Neeson.”As the actor promoted his new film “Marlowe” — which marks his 100th film — one of the panelists on the show remarked, “Joy wants to get taken by you.”“I was in the dressing room drinking a cup of tea, turned the TV up, and I thought, oh, this will be great,” Neeson told the magazine. “They’re talking about gun violence in America, and I agree that it’s an American problem.
Liam Neeson has said that he wasn’t such a fan of his iconic phone scene from Taken (2008) at first.The scene sees Neeson’s character Bryan Mills threatening the person who kidnapped his daughter Kim (Maggie Grace) over the phone, which birthed the famous line “I have a particular set of skills.”The actor has said numerous times over the years that he never expected the action film, which spawned two sequels in 2012 and 2014, to be as successful with fans as it actually was.“I certainly did sound scary, but I thought it was corny,” Neeson told Vanity Fair in a recent interview. “It was a cornball. I really did feel that.
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Liam Neeson reflected on all of his previous roles and shared that he thought that Taken would go straight to video.