Liam Neeson Reveals He ‘Fell in Love’ With a Woman on the Set of His New Film: ‘She Was Taken’
09.02.2022 - 20:58
/ usmagazine.com
Star-crossed lovers? Liam Neeson confessed that he nearly sparked a romance while filming his new action film, Blacklight, in Australia.
“I loved Melbourne. I loved our Australian crew, they are fantastic workers. Every department was superb. They were their own people, do you know what I mean? They had a great sense of humor,” the Oscar nominee, 65, told Sunrise hosts David Koch and Natalie Barr on Tuesday, February 8, about shooting the movie in 2020.
He continued on the Australian morning show: “I made a couple of pals. … I fell in love, but she was taken.”
While Neeson didn’t offer any further details about the woman in question, he was happy to gush about his time Down Under, explaining that he was required to quarantine in a “good hotel,” where he was gifted Irish bread and scones during his stay amid the coronavirus pandemic.
“I knew there was two weeks of lockdown [in] Sydney, which I thoroughly enjoyed,” the Taken star said.
Neeson’s missed connection is one of the few times that he has spoken about his love life since the death of his wife, Natasha Richardson, in 2009. The pair were married for 15 years and welcome sons Micheál and Daniel in 1995 and 1996, respectively.
“[Her death] was never real. It still kind of isn’t,” the Schindler’s List actor told Anderson Cooper in February 2014. “There’s periods now in our New York residence when I hear the door opening, especially the first couple of years … anytime I hear that door opening, I still think I’m going to hear her.”
Richardson died at the age of 45 after suffering a head injury following a ski accident in Montreal, Canada. “She was on life support. … I went in to her and I told her I loved her. [I] said, ‘Sweetie, you’re not coming back from this, you’ve banged