Liam Neeson, 74, says he likely still has ‘a couple’ more action movies left in him

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Stimson, B., & Fink, L. (2026, September 12). Liam Neeson, 74, says he likely still has ‘a couple’ more action movies left in him. Fox News. https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/liam-neeson-74-says-likely-still-couple-more-action-movies-left

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Liam Neeson, aged 74, told Fox News Digital that he believes he has a couple more action films left in him before transitioning away from such roles. In an interview with Variety earlier, he humorously noted not wanting to do stunts while using a walker. His latest film "The Fix," which was released on Friday and stars Zachary Levi, explores themes of redemption and forgiveness, with both actors discussing the importance of giving people second chances despite their mistakes.
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Liam Neeson, 74, a renowned actor known for action roles like "Taken", recently spoke with Fox News Digital about his future in the film industry. He expressed that despite his age, he thinks he might have "a couple more" action movies left in him before transitioning to other types of roles. Neeson's latest film, "The Fix," released on Friday and features him as an ex-CIA operative alongside Zachary Levi. In the movie, Neeson plays a character grappling with his past actions and seeking redemption. Both actors highlighted the gritty and human elements that made the project appealing, diverging from typical action fare.

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🔮 And it was kind of like at a time where I needed to prove to myself that I could do it again.
🔮 The 74-year-old said he thinks may have "a couple" more action movies in him.
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Neeson PERSON · 4× Fox News Digital ORG · 3× Levi PERSON · 3× CIA ORG · 2× Guy Moshe PERSON · 1× Israeli NORP · 1× Liam Neeson PERSON · 1× Tehran GPE · 1× Variety ORG · 1× Zachary Levi PERSON · 1×

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Levi said he "wanted to do something fun, gritty, darker, in comparison to other roles that I've played in the past, and this gave me that and then some, because there was all of the great spycraft and twists and turns and revelations throughout the story, as well as this human foundation."
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🔮 The 74-year-old said he thinks may have "a couple" more action movies in him.

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Liam Neeson isn’t hanging it up yet. asserted
Neeson → hang → it
The 74-year-old said he thinks may have "a couple" more action movies in him. uncertain
he → say → him
"Maybe a couple left, you know," Neeson told Fox News Digital when asked if he’ll transition away from action films in the near future. asserted
he → leave → future
"Maybe … I hope I have a couple left." asserted
I → hope → couple
The "Taken" star joked to Variety last year that he didn’t want to be doing stunts while pushing a walker. asserted
he → joke → walker
His newest action flick, "The Fix," in which he plays an ex-CIA operative alongside Zachary Levi, hit theaters Friday. asserted
he → play → theaters
In "The Fix," Neeson said, "There's this incredible thread of humanity that these men, these extraordinary men, have to eventually analyze or work out what makes them tick." asserted
them → say → that
Levi said he "wanted to do something fun, gritty, darker, in comparison to other roles that I've played in the past, and this gave me that and then some, because there was all of the great spycraft and twists and turns and revelations throughout the story, as well as this human foundation." asserted
this → say → story
Neeson touched on the theme of redemption, which is explored in the film. asserted
which → touch → film
"I'd like to think we all need and want second chances, you know," he told Fox News Digital. asserted
he → like → Digital
We've all made mistakes in our personal lives and stuff, you know? asserted
you → make → lives
It's extraordinary to be forgiven, and it's an extraordinary thing to really forgive someone. asserted
it → forgive → someone
So, you know, I'm 74 years of age. asserted
I → know → age
I've had quite a few things happen to me that several of which seriously I have been forgiven for, which is just amazing, and then I can return that." asserted
I → have → that
Levi compared a lack of forgiveness to "drinking poison, hoping that the other person will die." asserted
person → compare → poison
"Forgiveness is grace, mercy, understanding, empathy," he said. asserted
he → say → ?
"These are things that we don't explore enough as human beings." asserted
we → explore → beings
The 46-year-old said that people are often encouraged to look at others as an "evil monster. asserted
people → say → monster
And by the way, people do evil things. asserted
people → do → things
People do monstrous things. asserted
People → do → things
And yet, still, I believe that they are children of God. asserted
they → believe → God
And yet, still, I believe they are worthy of second, third, fourth chances, right?" asserted
they → believe → chances
He explained that there needs to be boundaries, but a lack of forgiveness is "eating us alive as human beings, as a society, in this country and around the world because we're not able to just see the other as a child of God." asserted
we → explain → God
"The greatest definition of love I've ever heard is to will the good of the other," he added. asserted
he → hear → other
"It doesn't mean you have to like them at all. asserted
you → mean → them
It doesn’t mean you have to agree with their decisions at all, but you want them to find the light. asserted
them → mean → light
You want them to be redeemed. asserted
them → want → ?
You want that because we all need redemption. asserted
we → want → redemption
We all need forgiveness." asserted
We → need → forgiveness
In the film, Levi plays another former CIA operative who is Neeson’s protégé, and he said it was a relief "that I was not wrong to want to meet one of my idols, you know, like everybody says 'don't meet your idols,' and I get it." asserted
I → play → it
The "Shazam" actor revealed that he’s met some of his idols in the past who didn’t live up to his image of them, "but fortunately, you get these wonderful, beautiful exceptions." asserted
you → reveal → exceptions
Director Guy Moshe told Fox News Digital that he had been looking for a while for a movie in which he could lend his perspective as an Israeli military veteran, but he said he didn’t want it to be a reenactment of something that really happened. uncertain
that → tell → something
"So when one of the producers came to me with this hook, you know, this idea of this urban legend or like CIA lore or whatever, like money hidden in a wall in Tehran since ‘79, which may or may not be a true thing, I thought, ‘What an interesting way of sort of like hooking a story around a group of guys in that field.’ uncertain
I → come → field
He said that it was about a year and a half after the U.S. pulled out of Afghanistan, and "I could feel what those American soldiers must be feeling after a 20-year war, handing the keys back to the Taliban or something." Moshe said he had been serving in the Gulf when "we gave back the keys to the PLO after the Oslo agreement." " uncertain
we → say → agreement
I just knew there and then I’ve got to do this," he explained. asserted
he → know → this
"I want to start the film in the evacuation from Afghanistan, and I want give these people some sort of a journey to a mental redemption rather than specific redemption for something, so to fix what was broken in them." asserted
what → want → them
Ultimately, Moshe said "The Fix" is "about a father who wonders if he wants his son to grow up to be like him, even though outwardly the father is "the image of the hero that we like to look at," referring to the mentor/mentee relationship of Neeson and Levi's characters. asserted
we → say → characters
The director said he thinks Neeson has succeeded as an action hero because he’s "real." asserted
he → say → hero
"We identify the most, especially in the action genre, we identify with real people, with a person that we feel conveys something that we believe is a real person in a real situation," he explained. asserted
he → identify → situation
"It sounds simple. asserted
It → sound → ?
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