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Liam Neeson has always been a good guy. Although the actor has had his fair share of portraying villains, Neeson hasn’t involved himself in many controversies, unlike other actors. The actor did, however, make a racist remark back in 2019 that left the world speechless.
In hopes of revenge, Neeson claimed that he started hunting the man responsible for a heinous crime. Since the person responsible was of a dark complexion, Neeson took to the streets in search of someone with a dark complexion so that he could get in a fight and just get all of his anger out!
Liam Neeson’s Racist Remarks Landed Him In Huge Trouble
Liam Neeson found fame by starring in several iconic roles throughout his Hollywood career. Known for theTakenfranchise, alongside the movieSchindler’s List,Neeson has had quite a fan following for the past 20 years.
Back in 2019, the actor hit a rough patch when he said something quite racist and controversial in nature. While promoting his movie titledCold Pursuit,Liam Neeson met with The Independent for a promotional interview. During the course of the interview, Neeson stated something which the actor would surely regret for years to come.
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The actor told the tale of how someone close to him was r*ped. When he asked for a description, the woman only said that it was a person with a dark complexion.Liam Neesonrevealed that he would patrol the streets each night in hopes to find that person again. What Neeson stated further in the interview, was clearly off-limits and landed the actor in troubled waters.
“I did it for maybe a week, hoping some ‘Black bastard’ would come out of a pub and have a go at me about something, you know, so that I could kill him,”
The actor further continued,
“It took me a week, maybe a week and a half, to go through that. She would say, ‘Where are you going?’ and I would say, ‘I’m just going out for a walk.’ You know? ‘What’s wrong?’ ‘No no, nothing’s wrong.’”
The comments created an uproar in the world as theBatman Beginsactor received massive backlash from the people. Although the actor apologized for his remarks in a separate interview, it did not help him at all.
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During the time of his racist comment and subsequent backlash, Neeson was promoting the 2019 movieCold Pursuit.After his controversial interview, theGangs of New Yorkactor appeared in another interview to apologize for his remarks.
In his apology, the actor stated that“I’m not a racist”.This led to further troubles for the actor, and the premiere ofCold Pursuitwas canceled. As a result, the movie was not able to turn a huge sum of profit.
With controversial remarks and apologies to his name, the Liam Neeson starrer,Cold Pursuitis available to stream on Prime Video in the U.S.
Source:GMA
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Visarg Acharya is a Senior Writer at FandomWire, majorly focusing on movies, with over 3000 articles published. He has been an entertainment journalist for the past three years and a copywriter at a corporation. Visarg usually covers news and theories on the MCU and the DCU, with an emphasis on Avengers and Superman; Game of Thrones, and more.A Tarantino fan, Visarg, spends his time critiquing various directors’ filmographies and watching them with curiosity. Medieval fantasy like The Lord of the Rings or sci-fi movies like Interstellar, watching the latest horror movies, and listening to Hans Zimmer become his comfort zone. When idle, he can be found reading fantasy novels with a terrible cup of coffee in hand.
