Although we already have in mind Pierce Brosnan As one of the most iconic James Bond in movie history, there was a time when the role could hold it. Liam Neesonwho at the time had just received an Oscar nomination for his work on Schindler’s List.
However, the actor he had to turn down the role of 007 because he was forced into it due to the ultimatum his late wife gave himNatasha Richardson.
Liam Neeson and his forced rejection of playing James Bond in the movies
In a recent interview with Rolling Stone, Liam Neeson revealed that James Bond producer Barbara Broccoli contacted him several times in the 1990s to ask if he was interested in taking on the role of 007 in the upcoming movies. films of the character.
“I know the Broccolis. They looked at a bunch of actors. ‘Schindler’s List’ had come out and Barbara (Broccoli) had called me a couple of times to ask if I was interested, and I said, ‘Yeah, I’d be interested.’
And then my lovely wife (Natasha Richardson), God rest her soul, said to me while we were shooting ‘Nell’ in the Carolinas, ‘Liam, I want to tell you something: if you play James Bond, we’re not getting married,'” he said. actor.
al final, Neeson’s love for his wife made the interpreter refuse to play agent 007although the actor acknowledged that he annoyed his wife by “going behind her back, making my fingers look like I was holding a gun and (humming the James Bond theme song) I loved doing that shit!”
“She gave me a James Bond ultimatum. And she meant it! Come on, there are all these beautiful girls in various countries getting into bed and getting out of bed. I’m sure a lot of his decision making was based on that!” Neeson added.
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