Liam Neeson reveals what made him reject James Bond position

By ANI
WASHINGTON: Actor Liam Neeson, in a current interview, revealed that he was approached to play the position of James Bond within the Nineties, however he had rejected the position as his late spouse was not eager on the thought.

The 69-year-old BAFTA-nominated actor revealed that he obtained an ultimatum from his late spouse Natasha Richardson concerning the potential James Bond position.

People journal reported that the actor appeared on ‘The Late Late Show with James Corden’ on Thursday, the place he admitted that he was approached by producer Barbara Broccoli about taking over the long-lasting position of James Bond 007, shortly after his look in ‘Schindler’s List’ in 1993.

But, the actor could not take the supply as he had to decide on between his spouse and the position at the moment.

“I know they were looking at various actors and I apparently was among them. However, my dear, departed wife did say to me … ‘Darling, if you’re offered James Bond and you’re going to play it, you’re not going to marry me,'” Neeson informed Cordon.

Richardson died at age of 45 in 2009 from a head harm sustained whereas snowboarding at Quebec’s Mont Tremblant. The actor suffered from blunt power trauma after falling on a newbie’s slope whereas out with an teacher and refusing preliminary medical remedy after the accident.

In her loving reminiscence, Neeson and their eldest son Micheal developed the 2020 movie ‘Made in Italy’ a couple of father and son dealing with the household matriarch’s dying.

Micheal, who modified his final identify in 2018 to honour his mom, mentioned he “felt” Richardson’s presence whereas filming.

“When you lose somebody so close to you, sometimes you just push it away and out of your head because the thought of them hurts, but I found that’s an unhealthy thing to do. You have to remember them,” Micheal informed People journal in an earlier interview.