Liam Neeson recalls being very surprised by the success of Taken, his 2008 action hit, and originally thought that it would go straight to DVD.
Liam Neeson recalls how he came to star in Taken and reveals why he thought the action thriller would go straight to DVD. First released in France in 2008 and given a North American theatrical release almost a year later in 2009, Taken sees Neeson playing retired CIA operative Bryan Mills, who uses his lethal set of skills to recover his kidnapped daughter in Europe.
I do remember reading that first “Taken” script. My wife was shooting a film with Ralph Fiennes in Shanghai and they were going to the Shanghai Film Festival to show the film and I went with Natasha, obviously. I knew Luc Besson was behind this “Taken” script, he was a co-writer and he was the head of the jury. I was hoping to meet him and I did.
Then the film came out and did well in France first. Then it went to South Korea. Then I remember getting a couple calls from my nephews in Ireland, “Hi, Uncle Liam. We saw your film.” “What one was that?” “Uh, ‘Taken.’" I said, “You couldn’t have seen that. It’s not out yet.” “Oh, well, we downloaded it." I thought, “Well, that’s the end of that.”
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