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Liam in the Angeleno Magazine (current issue) !
Thanks to
Caitlin we
have these goodies as well!
Liam as Model for Armani clothes in the Angeleno Magazine.
Preview and links to bigger versions below.
Edited to add: Added the article. Thanks to Kathy who typed it up! See below.
Liam as Model for Armani clothes in the Angeleno Magazine.
Preview and links to bigger versions below.
Edited to add: Added the article. Thanks to Kathy who typed it up! See below.
"Liam Neeson has a voice you'll never forget - a
rolling, liquid, Irish lilt that makes anything he says take on a grandiose
importance. It's partly this voice, along with a towering 6-foot-4-inch frame, a
fascinating face and a physical grace, that has made him one of the most
memorable movie stars of recent years. Neeson has the kind of man's man elegance
of someone who exudes good breeding and fine manners, but who wouldn't hesitate
to throw a neatly placed punch in a bar
brawl."
Since his first days on the stage as a teenager growing up in Belfast, Neeson has moved forward with a stubborn persistence. He paid his dues as a truck driver, forklift operator and amateur boxer before landing his first big role as Sir Gawain in the 1981 medieval epic, Excalibur.
"One could wax lyrical about all this," Neeson says of why he was initially drawn to acting. "I remember doing school plays and being mortally embarrassed. Yet there was some little door that opened for me, something intangible that had to do with the the smells of being on stage, with the absolute sense of pretend and suspension of belief and also of being watched."
"That's behind every artist, that motivation," he says. "And yet, many performers, if you put them in a room with more than four people, they'll slink off into a corner - which is what I do. At times, I get painfully shy, but put me in front of an audience with a great speech and there's nothing more exciting."
Since wielding a sword in Excalibur, Neeson has gone on to become the perfect masculine "sensitive" man, an actor capable of handling haugthy roles and embodying weighty legacies with ease. In 1994 while working on Jodie Foster's Nell, he won both critical acclaim and costar Natasha Richardson's hand in marriage. The two live in New York with their two children, Michael and Jack.
More recently, he received a Golden Globe nod for his role as sex researcher Alfred Kinsey in Kinsey, and was handpicked to star in Steven Spielberg's upcoming Abraham Lincoln biopic.
Neeson is also due to appear in three of the biggest films of spring and summer. He just completed the last of the newest Star Wars installments playing Anakin Skywalker's pal Qui-Gon Jinn, as well as Ridley Scott's sprawling Crusades epic, Kingdom of Heaven. He'll also turn up in Chris Nolan's spin on the Batman franchise, Batman Begins, making an appearance as Batman's mysterious mentor, Henri Ducard.
Neeson has certainly done a fine job of navigating between mainstream and independent extremes, simply by going with his gut and with the scripts he feels are worthy. He's also developed a keen eye for good writing, an eye that has guided a nearly flawless record of critical hits. With Batman, an initial reluctance to take part in such an obvious Hollywood blockbuster was overridden by his admiration of both the screenplay and of Chris Nolan.
"When I was first approached about it, I was a bit reluctant," he admits. "I was thinking things like, 'I'm washing my hair that week,' or 'I think I have to watch a television program.' But they couriered me the script and I thought, 'Wow! Now I can believe how Batman becomes Batman.' I met with Chris and he's just this laconic English guy, kind of nerdy, with a unique mind. We sat around and tried to cast my part. I kept suggesting actors that would be better than me [for the role] - which I always like to do. We did a wee bit of that, then push came to shove and I decided to do it."
In the end, however, Neeson admits that as an actor, even when you think you've made the right choices, the final results are never entirely in your hands.
"It's undeniably a director's medium and you're very much in their hands," he says. "Somtimes you're pleasantly surprised and sometimes you're shocked. You have to carry the film, though, because if a movie fails, no one blames the director. I mean, no one even knows what the @#%$ the director looks like."
Neeson laughs, deep and long. It's obvious that, no matter what the outcome, acting, for him, has always been worth the gamble.
"The best thing about it is you learn things doing this job," he says quietly. "There are times when you stumble on certain truths when you're doing the most innocuous little things. Like you're brushing your teeth at night and you realized suddenly you've learned something about yourself, something that you've learned doing a film or a play. Perhaps at the time, you weren't ready for it or you didn't completely understand it, but it was still there, like a coal waiting to catch flame."
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Since his first days on the stage as a teenager growing up in Belfast, Neeson has moved forward with a stubborn persistence. He paid his dues as a truck driver, forklift operator and amateur boxer before landing his first big role as Sir Gawain in the 1981 medieval epic, Excalibur.
"One could wax lyrical about all this," Neeson says of why he was initially drawn to acting. "I remember doing school plays and being mortally embarrassed. Yet there was some little door that opened for me, something intangible that had to do with the the smells of being on stage, with the absolute sense of pretend and suspension of belief and also of being watched."
"That's behind every artist, that motivation," he says. "And yet, many performers, if you put them in a room with more than four people, they'll slink off into a corner - which is what I do. At times, I get painfully shy, but put me in front of an audience with a great speech and there's nothing more exciting."
Since wielding a sword in Excalibur, Neeson has gone on to become the perfect masculine "sensitive" man, an actor capable of handling haugthy roles and embodying weighty legacies with ease. In 1994 while working on Jodie Foster's Nell, he won both critical acclaim and costar Natasha Richardson's hand in marriage. The two live in New York with their two children, Michael and Jack.
More recently, he received a Golden Globe nod for his role as sex researcher Alfred Kinsey in Kinsey, and was handpicked to star in Steven Spielberg's upcoming Abraham Lincoln biopic.
Neeson is also due to appear in three of the biggest films of spring and summer. He just completed the last of the newest Star Wars installments playing Anakin Skywalker's pal Qui-Gon Jinn, as well as Ridley Scott's sprawling Crusades epic, Kingdom of Heaven. He'll also turn up in Chris Nolan's spin on the Batman franchise, Batman Begins, making an appearance as Batman's mysterious mentor, Henri Ducard.
Neeson has certainly done a fine job of navigating between mainstream and independent extremes, simply by going with his gut and with the scripts he feels are worthy. He's also developed a keen eye for good writing, an eye that has guided a nearly flawless record of critical hits. With Batman, an initial reluctance to take part in such an obvious Hollywood blockbuster was overridden by his admiration of both the screenplay and of Chris Nolan.
"When I was first approached about it, I was a bit reluctant," he admits. "I was thinking things like, 'I'm washing my hair that week,' or 'I think I have to watch a television program.' But they couriered me the script and I thought, 'Wow! Now I can believe how Batman becomes Batman.' I met with Chris and he's just this laconic English guy, kind of nerdy, with a unique mind. We sat around and tried to cast my part. I kept suggesting actors that would be better than me [for the role] - which I always like to do. We did a wee bit of that, then push came to shove and I decided to do it."
In the end, however, Neeson admits that as an actor, even when you think you've made the right choices, the final results are never entirely in your hands.
"It's undeniably a director's medium and you're very much in their hands," he says. "Somtimes you're pleasantly surprised and sometimes you're shocked. You have to carry the film, though, because if a movie fails, no one blames the director. I mean, no one even knows what the @#%$ the director looks like."
Neeson laughs, deep and long. It's obvious that, no matter what the outcome, acting, for him, has always been worth the gamble.
"The best thing about it is you learn things doing this job," he says quietly. "There are times when you stumble on certain truths when you're doing the most innocuous little things. Like you're brushing your teeth at night and you realized suddenly you've learned something about yourself, something that you've learned doing a film or a play. Perhaps at the time, you weren't ready for it or you didn't completely understand it, but it was still there, like a coal waiting to catch flame."
Each picture is clickable.
Posted: Sa - Juni 18, 2005 at 05:56 nachm.