{"id":2972,"date":"2025-06-17T15:04:07","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T15:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/?p=2972"},"modified":"2025-06-17T15:04:07","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T15:04:07","slug":"liam-neeson-72-reveals-shocking-decision-about-his-future-in-hollywood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/?p=2972","title":{"rendered":"Liam Neeson, 72, Reveals Shocking Decision About His Future in Hollywood"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Liam Neeson has revealed he may soon step back from action-packed roles, admitting the physical demands are becoming too much at age 72. Known for hits like\u00a0<em>Taken<\/em>,\u00a0<em>The Commuter<\/em>, and\u00a0<em>The A-Team<\/em>, the veteran actor still performs many of his own fight scenes-but acknowledges he\u2019s nearing the end.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m 72 \u2013 it has to stop at some stage,\u201d he told\u00a0<em>People<\/em> magazine. Though his longtime stunt double, Mark Vanselow, helps with the tougher scenes, Neeson said, \u201cYou can\u2019t fool audiences. I don\u2019t want Mark to be fighting my fight scenes for me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Neeson hinted he could retire from action films by the end of 2025 but hasn\u2019t made a final decision: \u201cMaybe the end of next year. I think that\u2019s it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Up next, fans can see him in a reboot of\u00a0<em>The Naked Gun<\/em>, playing bumbling cop Frank Drebin Jr. alongside Pamela Anderson. Of working with her, he said: \u201cI\u2019m madly in love with her. She\u2019s funny.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A star of both action and drama, Neeson has had a remarkable career spanning over four decades. His personal life was shaken in 2009 by the tragic death of his wife, Natasha Richardson, following a skiing accident. The couple shared two sons, Miche\u00e1l, 29, and Daniel, 28.<\/p>\n<p>Miche\u00e1l, who changed his surname to Richardson in tribute to his late mother, has acted alongside his father in\u00a0<em>Cold Pursuit<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Made in Italy<\/em>. \u201cWe didn\u2019t have to pretend to have a relationship,\u201d Neeson once said. \u201cIt was just having a regular conversation with your boy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2973\" src=\"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot_20250617_170231_Facebook-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot_20250617_170231_Facebook-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot_20250617_170231_Facebook-577x1024.jpg 577w, https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot_20250617_170231_Facebook-768x1362.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot_20250617_170231_Facebook-866x1536.jpg 866w, https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot_20250617_170231_Facebook.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liam Neeson has revealed he may soon step back from action-packed roles, admitting the physical demands are becoming too much at age 72. Known for hits like\u00a0Taken,\u00a0The&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2973,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2972"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2972\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2974,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2972\/revisions\/2974"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}