Fans Stick with Liam Neeson as New Movie “Cold Pursuit” a Surprise Hit
Irish Central, 9 FEB 2019.
Those who wrote off Liam Neeson after the racial controversy this week have been “Taken” it seems.
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He said, “I remembered an incident nearly 40 years ago where a very dear friend of mine was brutally raped and I was out of the country and when I came back, she told me about this situation.”
He went on to say “I had never felt this feeling before, which was a primal urge to lash out. I asked her did she know the person and his race. She said he was a black man.
“I went out into 'black areas' in the city looking to be set upon so that I could unleash physical violence and I did it four or five times.”
Neeson insisted that his reaction would have been the said had the attacker been White.
He said "If she had said an Irish or a Scot or a Brit or a Lithuanian I would - I know I would - have had the same effect. I was trying to show honor, to stand up for my dear friend in this terribly medieval fashion."
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County Antrim star Liam Neeson's new movie “Cold Pursuit” is doing very well, out-performing industry forecasts. It seems the Irish star has still got the box office juice with this revenge thriller.
Neeson plays a Colorado snow plower who seeks revenge after his son is mysteriously murdered.
Liam Neeson in "Cold Pursuit".
The Hollywood Reporter writes that “Liam Neeson's new action pic 'Cold Pursuit' is showing more signs of life than originally expected.”
"Cold Pursuit", from Lionsgate’s Summit Entertainment label and StudioCanal, grossed an estimated $3.643 million on Friday from 2,630 North American locations.
Those behind the movie are projecting a haul of about $10.25 million for the weekend. Some were forecasting takings low as $7 million.
Variety also acknowledged the uptick staying “Earlier this week, Neeson found himself having to explain why he isn't racist after an interview the Irish actor did with The Independent.”
The forecast is in line with his previous movie “Widows” which opened with a $12.5 million opening weekend and went on to make $42 million.
Neeson also got favorable reviews The Atlantic noting “Cold Pursuit might have been a more resonant movie if its ensemble were as compelling as Neeson himself.”
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