“Taken changed something for the actors”

“We must not abuse the same action stars indefinitely…” advises Pierre Morel.

During an interview for ComingSoon celebrating 15 years of Takenat the end of 2023, its director, Pierre Moreladdressed the revolution brought about by the Franco-American action film carried by Liam Neeson. We are sharing his words again to wait until the rebroadcast of Taken first of the name, this evening on W9. While waiting for the actor's new project, The Mongoosedirected by… his stunt double, Mark Vanselow.

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Pre-2008, Neeson was best known for his roles in drama films or romantic comedies (Schindler's List, Love Actually), and the French director was not afraid to use it for the wrong purpose to play Bryan Mills, a former secret agent whose daughter is kidnapped by a women's trafficking network during his vacation in Paris.

“Already 15? Oh my God, time flies! I think Taken changed something for the actors. It is not mandatory to use action heroes, but actors from different backgrounds. Things changed from then on. We use actors we don't expect. I like to do it this way. You don't use people, you have to support them in their actions since you are already aware of their abilities in other genres – it's up to you to bring them to the action film. You shouldn't overuse the same action stars over and over again.”

Even if it may seem wise to integrate new faces into action films, we still have to manage to get rid of them… Recently on display in Retribution And In the Land of Saints and SinnersLiam Neeson often remains subscribed to gun-toting roles. As he entered his 7th decade, he admitted that he had no not finished with action films like Taken.

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