Having a “very particular set of skills” has become a huge cliché, ever since Liam Neeson spoke those words to his daughter’s abductor in the 2008 action hit “Taken”.
But Liam had NO IDEA it would become such an iconic speech.
In fact, when he was delivering those lines, he actually thought they were CORNY.
Quote, “It was a cornball. I really did feel that. It’s nice to be proven wrong.”
Neeson has mentioned in past interviews how he thought the movie was going to go straight to video and be forgotten. Instead, it launched a franchise and made him an action star in his mid-50s.
He said, quote, “I feel very privileged, and a little bit guilty. I’m having fight scenes with guys half my age and I just can’t stop laughing.”
Source: Entertainment Weekly
