“I know several actors in London … who have lost the ability to learn lines,” said Neeson. Rico Torres/Open Road Films/BriaĪnd, for an actor, remembering lines is perhaps the most important tool of the trade.
It really is.” In “Memory,” both Liam Neeson’s character, Alex Lewis, and his brother suffer from Alzheimer’s. And I have a friend in Ireland, who is older than me, has very definite early stages of dementia, which is traumatic to see … It is a horrible affliction. “In doing some research for this, I watched some very traumatic documentaries on the affliction of Alzheimer’s and dementia, and read some books on it of course. “It has crossed my mind a few times, especially when you can’t remember a name of an actor I worked with two or three years ago,” he said. Liam Neeson says he is not retiring from action movies after his latest one, “Memory.” Rico Torres/Open Road Films/Bria In fact, this notoriously tough guy admits to having a fear of Alzheimer’s.
Still, playing Alex Lewis in “Memory” - which costars Guy Pearce and Monica Bellucci - made Neeson confront the harsh realities that some face as they get older, including loss of mental faculties. “That was at the Toronto Film Festival a few years ago … One of the Hollywood Foreign Press said, ‘Liam, what is it with you and these action moves?’ I said, ‘I was stubborn … I’ve had enough of action movies.’ But I meant it as a joke.” Liam Neeson plays a deadly assassin suffering from Alzheimer’s in “Memory.” Rico Torres/Open Road Films/Bria In fact, he’s refuted reports that he’s retiring from action movies. “It’s particularly poignant, isn’t it? I wish him all the best.”īut even as the Irish icon gets ready to turn 70 in June, Neeson has no plans on slowing down. I think about him every day,” Neeson told The Post, noting that aphasia - which affects the ability to express and understand language - is especially cruel for an actor such as Willis. While his character copes with his cognitive impairment as a precision hitman, the 69-year-old star has had Bruce Willis on his mind since his fellow action flick staple, suffering from aphasia, recently retired from acting.
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