FoxNews: Liam Neeson, 72, plans to retire from action movies since ‘you can't fool audiences'

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Liam Neeson, 72, plans to retire from action movies since 'you can't fool audiences'

Liam Neeson set a date to retire from action movies after decades of starring in hits such as the 2008 action thriller "Taken." The actor recently wrapped filming for "Naked Gun."
                       
                       
                           

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"I'm 72 – it has to stop at some stage," Neeson told You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login magazine. 

The "Taken" star still performs his own fight scenes, but uses his stunt double – Mark Vanselow – for more extreme moments.

"You can't fool audiences," he explained. "I don't want Mark to be fighting my fight scenes for me."

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You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login from the action scene sometime in 2025.

"Maybe the end of next year. I think that's it," he told the outlet.

After starring in the hit 2008 action thriller "Taken," Neeson reinvented himself as an unlikely action hero at the age of 56.

Prior to launching his acting career, Neeson worked as a forklift operator for Guinness Brewery and as a truck driver. He made his debut in theater before landing his first film role as Jesus Christ in the 1978 religious film "Pilgrim's Progress."

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Neeson moved from London to Los Angeles in 1986 after landing a guest role in the mega-hit series "Miami Vice." Though he went on to star in Woody Allen's 1988 movie "Husbands and Wives" and 1992's "Leap of Faith" and "Shining Through," Neeson became discouraged after the films fizzled at the box office and was considering leaving Hollywood behind. 

However, Neeson's star-making role came in 1994 when he was cast as Oskar Schindler in Steven Spielberg's Academy Award-winningYou are not allowed to view links. Register or Login Spielberg cast Neeson after seeing him in the Broadway play "Agatha Christie," which also starred the actor's future wife Natasha Richardson.

Neeson earned an Oscar, BAFTA and Golden Globe Award nominations for his performance and cemented his status as a Hollywood A-Lister.

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Now, fans could see Neeson make his way into a new side of film – comedy.

The actor recently wrapped filming of "The Naked Gun," a reboot of the Leslie Nielsen cop comedy.

"Whether I can carry it or not, I honestly don't know," Neeson told People magazine of his role as cop Frank Drebin Jr.

Fox News Digital's Ashley Hume contributed to this report.

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