Liam Neeson To Retire From Action Movies

It was due to happen sooner than later, Liam Neeson winding down his action career.

Out doing press for this week’s “Run All Night” which has been garnering some good reviews, the action star was asked when he might give up this genre. He tells The Guardian:

“I’m in a very, career-wise, great place. The success of certainly the Taken films, Hollywood seems to see me in a different light. I get sent quite a few action-oriented scripts, which is great. I’m not knocking it. It’s very flattering. But there is a limit, of course…. Maybe two more years. If God spares me and I’m healthy. But after that, I’ll stop [the action] I think.”

Although starting out as a dramatic actor, for the past half a decade or so he’s mostly been known as one of the screen’s most reliable actors who takes on dramatic roles with action elements thanks to the “Taken” franchise and films like “The Grey,” “Non-Stop,” “A Walk Among the Tombstones” and “Unknown”.