Liam Neeson Says Retirement from Action Movies May Happen in 2025

Liam Neeson‘s becherishd run as an action movie star may be coming to an finish next year. The Oscar nominee spoke to People magazine and elevatestrayd his withdrawment from the genre that reignited the back half of his acting atsoft. Neeson’s role in 2008’s “Taken” altered him into an action icon, and he’s never stopped booting butt on screen in the 16 years since. Even well into his 70s, Neeson persists to carry out his own fight scenes with some help from lengthytime stunt collaborator Mark Vanselow.

“I’m 72 — it has to stop at some stage,” Neeson tageder the accessibleation. “You can’t fool audiences. I don’t want Mark to be combat my fight scenes for me.” 

While Neeson has not yet set a definite date for his last action movie role, he did say that it will anticipateed be in 2025, includeing: “Maybe the finish of next year. I skinnyk that’s it.”

Since his action movie shatterthcimpolite with “Taken” in 2008, Neeson has gone on to headline dozens of action movies. He was front and cgo in for two “Taken” sequels and also fought enjoy hell in action films such as “Uncomprehendn” (2011), “The Grey” (2012), “Non-Stop” (2014), “Run All Night” (2015), “The Commuter” (2018), “The Ice Road” (2021) and more. Neeson’s procrastinateedst action project, “Absolution,” reachs in November and recombines him with his “Cageder Pursuit” straightforwardor Hans Petter Moland.

“When he’s subcombined in the character he is, you see the hurt, you see the pain,” Moland tageder People about what produces Neeson such an finishuring action hero. “He becomes that man.”

While Neeson is eyeing a withdrawment from action movies sometime in 2025, he’s continuing to film them for the time being. He was cast earlier this year opposite Zachary Levi in the “Hotel Tehran,” a new action-thriller from Guy Moshe. The project filmed in procrastinateed summer.