Taken actor Liam Neeson may’ve been James Bond, if his late spouse Natasha Richardson did not have a say in it.
“I know they were looking at various actors and I apparently was among them,” Liam revealed on The Late Late Show with James Corden on Thursday, June 23. “However, my dear, departed wife did say to me…’Darling, if you’re offered James Bond and you’re going to play it, you’re not going to marry me.'”
Liam and Natasha first met in 1993 once they co-starred on Broadway’s Anna Christie. Both actors have been nominated for the Best Actor and Best Actress Tony Awards for his or her work. The duo ended up getting married one 12 months later, and had two kids collectively: Micheál, 26, and Daniel, 24.
Natasha tragically died in 2009 after a snowboarding accident, and Micheál has had a troublesome time along with his grief.
“I think the pain was a little too overwhelming,” he advised Vanity Fair in July 2020.”I think the mind is very powerful, and subconsciously, or unconsciously, it can protect you. That’s what it did when she passed. I just pushed it aside and didn’t want to deal with it.”
