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About the filming of "Made in Italy"

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When I read an old interview that Liam and Micheál gave before the release of their joint film "Made in Italy", I noticed how personally the two of them took the story of the film. Liam in particular spoke very openly about the filming and the personal experiences he took home with him. In my little series about Liam Neeson , entitled: One Photo, One Story , which now has 202 parts, I gave this part the title "Micheál and his new friend" and the story consists only of the first part of the story I am telling here today  . I now only write my series on Instagram. "I wouldn't exactly call Micheál a typical movie set kid ", Liam said during an interview about their joint film "Made in Italy". "My wife Natasha and I occasionally took him and Daniel with us to rehearsals for our plays or filming. Micheál didn't understand the meaning of the words on the set, but showed interest early on the work on film and asked q

The Day the Music Died

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My little series about Liam Neeson is growing and is being read with pleasure by my followers on Instagram and Facebook. I am very pleased that the fans are enjoying this little series, which already has almost 200 parts.  Yes, I am proud of this little work because it proved to myself that I am not as stupid and superfluous as many people have told me.  Yesterday I told in my 199th part about how Liam experienced the moment when he heard that John Lennon was shot:  Liam told in September 2017 in an interview how he experienced the death of John Lennon: "I have to say there's a part of me that died when John Lennon was shot, with regards to listening to popular music. I just could not get over it. " "When John Lennon in December 8.1980 was shot, I was on stage with Stephen Rea. We are doing this Brain Freeland play, and we were touring Ireland with it. " "I remember we were playing a week in Dublin and I was sharing a dre

Rest in Peace dear Janey Godley

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On October 14th I shared the story here about Janey Godley and the scarf Janey knitted for Liam. Sadly, last week her daughter announced that Janey had succumbed to cancer.  Rest in Peace dear Janey ... and thank you for putting a smile on Liam's face with your scarf. 

What people say about Liam

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  I discovered a wonderful interview from 1994 that was conducted with Liam and Natasha during the filming of "Rob Roy" a while ago. I think I even mentioned it here...  The interview also featured some of Liam's associates, with whom he has professional and personal contact. Among those who spoke were directors Steven Spielberg and Michael Apted, a personal collaborator of Liam and a good friend who has been with Liam for over 40 years.  Steven Spielberg said about Liam, " When Liam plays a role he stops being Liam Neeson. " "Behind the scenes or when he comes out of the make-up van, he's completely detached from his personality. He is then Oskar Schindler, he is then fully and completely the character he will play. There is no forward or backward for Liam at the moment. Only this one moment in which he finds,  this is this 'now moment '. That is his way to working. " "When I say 'Action' he immediately

The Story Behind the Scarf

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In the last few days, in various Liam Neeson fake accounts on Facebook, a photo appeared that shows Liam with a colorful scarf. Most adventurous stories have been written about it. I never post any stories from or about Liam unless I have checked the background first. I found the whole story that this scarf tells in an online edition of a British magazine. The article begins with the words: 'Liam Neeson receives very special gift from comedian Janey Godleyas the Scottish star knits Hollywood actor a scarf a mind terminal cancer battle'  The 63-year-old comedian Janey Godley has terminal cancer and a few days ago Janey shared two photos on her Instagram account showing Liam wrapped in a colorful scarf. Janey wrote under the photos, ' The Liam Neeson scarf has arrived in New York and he loves it ', Last March, Janey revealed on her BBC podcast 'The C Bomb' that she was knitting a scarf for Liam after finding out he was a fan of her voiceove

It's still a Fear-Love

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  In the 1994 interview that I discovered a few days ago, Liam also spoke about his childhood and youth:  "I grew up in Ballymena, a small town in Northern Ireland, and my sport was boxing. Father Darragh, my parish priest had two pairs of boxing gloves. So three times a week we, seven or eight boys and I, would clear the bingo cards off the floor of the church hall, put the chairs in a square and form pairs," Liam said in the interview... ... enthuse with a smile, " I was always kind of excited about it and looked forward to these afternoons. But those afternoons also scared the hell out of me. Even when I smell boxing gloves nowadays, I am still overcome by the 'fear-love' that I associate with this sport. I love and fear the nudity and purity of this sport. There is simply nothing you can hide behind." "I was Northern Ireland champion three years in a row. In my third championship fight, which I fought when I was f

Liam about Marlon Brando

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A few days ago I discovered an interview that Liam gave during the filming of "Rob Roy". I enjoyed reading this interview, because Liam's wonderful wife Natasha was also present at the interview and talked about herself and Liam. I'll come back to that in a later blog entry.  Today I will write about the part where Liam talked about Marlon Brando:   "I've just read his autobiography, in which he also talks about his movie 'Apocalypse Now' . A movie based on Conrad's 'Heard of Darkness' . One of "my favorite novels".  "I remember watching the movie and thinking 'God, Brando is the book. He's previously studied it well. His performance is silent. And then I heard that Brando never bothered to read the book. I think the production company made it up to promote the movie. " "In the autobiography, Brando's manager talks about Marlon's reaction when he heard that he had