What movie did Liam Neeson turn down? Why did Liam Neeson turn down James Bond role?

Liam Neeson revealed that he once turned down the role of James Bond due to love. In the 1990s, Bond producer Barbara Broccoli approached Neeson to play James Bond to play after Timothy Dalton.

Liam Neeson turned down the James Bond role because his late wife, actress Natasha Richardson, did not want him to take the James Bond role.

In 2020, Liam Neeson was placed seventh on The Irish Times’ list of Ireland’s 50 Greatest Film Actors. Neeson’s early film roles include Excalibur (1981), The Bounty (1984), The Mission (1986), The Dead Pool (1988), and Husbands and Wives (1992).

Liam Neeson rose to prominence portraying Oskar Schindler in Steven Spielberg’s holocaust drama Schindler’s List (1993). He also starred in Nell (1994), Rob Roy (1995), Michael Collins (1996), and Les Misérables (1998).

Liam Neeson starred in Martin Scorsese’s Gangs of New York (2002), Love Actually (2003), and Kinsey (2004). Neeson established himself as an action star with the action thriller series Taken (2008–2014), The A-Team (2010), The Grey (2011), Wrath of the Titans (2012), and A Walk Among the Tombstones (2014).