Schindler's List actor, who was approached for James Bond, is insecure about his legs: ‘I always feel people are watching them'

Indian Express

3 days ago

Actor Liam Neeson is known Schindler's List and his high-octane action films, which have bullets flying all over the place, and bad guys trembling upon hearing merely his voice on the other side of the phone. While Neeson has occasionally explored his dramatic side, the actor's comedic roles are few and far between. But now Neeson is returning to the big screen with a reboot of the iconic movie Naked Gun starring the legendary Leslie Nielsen. During the promotional run for Naked Gun, the actor shared several anecdotes from the production of the film and some personal things as well.
While appearing on The Late Show, Neeson told host Stephen Colbert about his biggest insecurity, his legs. He got uncomfortable when Colbert pulled out a snapshot of a scene from the trailer of Naked Gun, where the actor is wearing a skirt and red and white underwear. Neeson sidestepped the 'nice legs' compliment given by Colbert and said, 'Oh please, as a kid, and I still do, I have always had a thing about my legs. We all have things about parts of our body, don't we? My legs was always my bad thing. When I was a boxer as a kid, I used to get very conscious of my legs. You're wearing just a vest and pair of shorts, and I used to keep thinking, 'Oh my god, they are looking at my legs,' and then I used to get punched.'
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Talking about The Naked Gun, Liam Neeson shared how he got roped into the project and said, 'I had worked previously with Seth McFarlane about 9 years ago, who is a wickedly funny guy, and then he called me 4 years ago and said that they are interested in rebooting Naked Gun. He asked me whether I would be interested in playing the son of Frankie Dreben (Leslie). I asked him, 'How much?' Then once I heard his answer, I said yes.' Neeson also talked about the intimate scene he has with Pamela Anderson in the film and how it felt to lay it all bare on the screen.
'I wish I could say that it was me who was naked in the shot, but it's not. It was in contract actually, and there is a scene with Pamela and this other person, who is supposed to be very cold to whatever is happening. It was my first time working with an intimacy coordinator, and I have to admit it was a little bit strange. I mean, Pamela and I knew what to do,' said Neeson.
This statement comes just a day after Liam Neeson and Pamela Anderson admitted that their on-screen romance might be spilling over into their real lives. The Taken actor talked about their dating rumours on the Today Show and said, 'I had never met Pamela before. We met on set. And we discovered we had a lovely, budding chemistry—as two actors, it's like, 'Oh, this is nice. Let's not mull this. Let's just let it breathe.''
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Well, their attitude towards each other during the premiere of Naked Gun and posts on Pamela's Instagram all hint at the fact that something is brewing between these two.