Happy Birthday, Liam Neeson! June 7th, 1952
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Liam Neeson studied to be a teacher. His worst day on the job was when he punched a 15-year-old kid for pulling a knife on him. Source
Happy National Teacher Day! Don’t Punch your students.
Liam seemed born to play the role of Qui Gon Jinn. He’s very quiet, he’s very big, he’s very powerful, but he’s very contemplative. And Ewan is very witty and enthusiastic and young and impatient. Those things come through. Natalie is very intelligent, has a lot of presence and is a very strong person. At the same time, she’s very young. I needed somebody to play a 14-year old girl who basically could be elected to rule a planet and make that believable. Jake was this wild little Tom Sawyer kid, which was exactly what I was searching for in the young Anakin Skywalker.
George Lucas on casting for The Phantom Menace
People Very Upset that Liam Neeson, “the Guy Who Voiced Aslan,” Lent His Voice to a Pro-Choice Commercial
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