{"id":309694,"date":"2026-02-21T10:48:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T10:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/309694\/"},"modified":"2026-02-21T10:48:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T10:48:10","slug":"liam-neeson-would-be-honoured-to-do-toy-show-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/309694\/","title":{"rendered":"Liam Neeson would be ‘honoured’ to do Toy Show again"},"content":{"rendered":"

Liam Neeson has told RT\u00c9 Entertainment that he would be “honoured” to narrate the opening number of The Late Late Toy Show every year. <\/p>\n

The Irish screen legend recorded a gravelly intro for the Grinch-themed routine last December – one of the best in Toy Show history<\/a>.<\/p>\n

When asked by RT\u00c9 Entertainment if he would be happy to return on an annual basis, the Ballymena man replied: “Listen, I’d be honoured.”<\/p>\n

Watch: The opening number of December 2025’s Late Late Toy Show<\/p>\n

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“I loved doing it this year,” he continued. “And I know it’s a kind of institution now in RT\u00c9, you know, at Christmas. I loved doing it.”<\/p>\n

In the meantime, Neeson is back in cinemas in the mayhem-filled comedy-horror Cold Storage<\/a>, playing a former government agent trying to save the world from a lethal fungus – with the help of two nightshift workers (Stranger Things star Joe Keery and Barbarian’s Georgina Campbell) at a storage facility.<\/p>\n

“It was a joy to do,” smiled Neeson. “I loved every day.”<\/p>\n

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\nAgents reunited – Liam Neeson as Robert Quinn and Lesley Manville as Trini Romano in Cold Storage<\/p>\n

Saluting his young co-stars, he said: “The both of them inspired me when we were shooting. I did not know Joe’s [work]. Stranger Things, I hadn’t seen it. Georgina, I did not know.<\/p>\n

“They had a wonderful, easy, unforced chemistry together. They made David Koepp’s script, their lines, come alive, and they would add little things to it that only improved it – improved their chemistry.<\/p>\n

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\nJoe Keery as Travis and Georgina Campbell as Naomi investigate in Cold Storage<\/p>\n

“They inspired me, they really did. I thought they were fantastic. Could I have done that at their age? No. And I had to admit that to myself. Their ease in front of a camera, they had quite complicated things to do, keeping the story alive, keeping the little comedic thread going but still keep that tension. That’s like, wow. That was impressive.”<\/p>\n

As impressive as ever as the grizzled onscreen tough guy, Neeson said he still has more action roles in him.<\/p>\n

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\nLiam Neeson delivers the one-liners as only he can in Cold Storage<\/p>\n

“I turn 74 this June. The day I can’t do my own fight scenes, then I’ll quit. There’s a couple more I’m going to do that are kind of physical, but that’ll be it – I think.”<\/p>\n

Cold Storage<\/a> is in cinemas now.<\/p>\n

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