Liam Neeson opens up on 'regrets' in his lengthy Hollywood career

Liam Neeson has opened up on some of his biggest regrets across a career that has spanned over 40 years in the wild world of Hollywood.

Playing a private eye in Los Angeles , Neeson , or Marlowe, is hired to find a woman’s former lover who disappeared mysteriously.

In a conversation with Rolling Stone, the actor- whose fans have been begging him to return to a major movie remake - who was 70-years old at the time, explained his experience on the popular talk show The View , which didn’t go as he thought it would.

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Hoping to speak about gun violence in America, Neeson was disappointed with where the direction of the interview ended up going.

“Our segment starts and it’s just all this BS with Joy [Behar] and Liam Neeson and having a crush,” he explained. “I’m uncomfortable in those situations, you know? One of the ladies [Sunny Hostin] is a prosecutor and we had a little chat afterward and it was a good, intelligent conversation, but then the segment’s all about this — oof —thirteen, fourteen-year-old crush. It’s just a bit embarrassing,” he added.

The Taken star then spoke about how he was never actually offered the role of James Bond.

“I was not offered James Bond…And then my lovely wife [Natasha Richardson], god rest her soul, said to me while we were shooting Nell down in the Carolinas, ‘Liam, I want to tell you something: If you play James Bond, we’re not getting married.’ So I would tease her by going behind her back, making my fingers as though I’m holding a gun, and then [hums the James Bond theme]. I loved doing that” the actor explained.

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The interviewer then asked how Neeson felt about superhero movies, given his role in the 2005 film B atman Begins.

“I’ll be honest: All these superhero movies? I’m not a fan. I’m really not. I admire them because it’s Hollywood with all their bells and whistles and technology, which is phenomenal, but they all seem to me to be just the same story. You can say, OK, you did do Chris Nolan’s.” said Neeson. “They had a noir feel to them. And Chris Bale and Gary Oldman? Come on! What a cast. And Michael [Caine] and Morgan [Freeman]? My god!” He added.

When asked about Schindler's List, where he was nominated for the 1994 best actor Academy Award, Neeson explained how it wasn't one of his most confident performances.

“There’s a part of me that still feels he should have cast Jack Thompson in the part,” he explained. The interviewer then compliments his performance, saying “You knocked it out of the park.”

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“Oh, I don’t know. Oh, I don’t know. There’s a part of me that doesn’t think so. I don’t know. It’s complex. But it’s an extraordinary piece of work,” he responded.

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