{"id":478098,"date":"2026-02-19T15:38:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T15:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/478098\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T15:38:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T15:38:12","slug":"liam-neeson-speaks-out-on-hollywoods-future-were-all-very-concerned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/478098\/","title":{"rendered":"Liam Neeson speaks out on Hollywood\u2019s future: \u2018We\u2019re all very concerned\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Liam Neeson<\/a> has voiced significant apprehension regarding the future of cinema, pointing to the increasing trend of films bypassing traditional theatrical releases<\/a> in favour of streaming platforms.<\/p>\n

The 73-year-old Northern Irish actor,<\/a> whose illustrious career spans nearly five decades with iconic roles in films such as Schindler\u2019s List and Michael Collins, shared his concerns while promoting his latest project, Cold Storage. In the upcoming thriller, Neeson portrays Robert Quinn, a seasoned bioterror operative.<\/p>\n

Speaking to the Press Association, Neeson articulated his worries about the evolving landscape of Hollywood.<\/a> “The movie industry is changing, streaming services are merging, companies are being bought out,” he stated. “We\u2019re all very concerned about the state of Hollywood. What\u2019s going to happen to feature films?”<\/p>\n

Reflecting on his extensive career, which includes an Academy Award nomination for his portrayal of Oskar Schindler, Neeson acknowledged the inherent difficulties of the acting profession. “I\u2019ve been very, very lucky,” he admitted. “I have friends and acquaintances, actors, some of whom haven\u2019t worked for months and months. It\u2019s a profession filled with rejection. It really is.”<\/p>\n

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Neeson\u2019s last big film, The Naked Gun, proved to be a box office hit (AP)<\/p>\n

He recounted the often-personal nature of early career criticism: “You\u2019re told, \u2018You\u2019re not right, you\u2019re too Irish. Can you change your accent? Oh, you\u2019re taller than I thought you were.\u2019 All this kind of criticism follows you throughout your career, certainly in the early days. I\u2019ve been very, very lucky.”<\/p>\n

Despite his veteran status, Neeson, who recently appeared in the action-comedy The Naked Gun alongside Pamela Anderson and has three other films awaiting release, expressed a keen interest in collaborating with emerging talent. “I\u2019d love the chance to work with up-and-coming directors,” he said. “I may be a little out of touch, but there just seems to be incredible talent out there.”<\/p>\n

He particularly praised his Cold Storage co-stars, Joe Keery<\/a> and Georgina Campbell, highlighting their compelling on-screen dynamic. Neeson confessed, “I didn\u2019t know Joe\u2019s work, I may have seen a couple of early episodes of Stranger Things. Georgina, I didn\u2019t know at all.”<\/p>\n

He continued: “They were just terrific to work with. They inspired me and gave me a sense of the pace my character should speak at. Most of my lines involve bioterror-related physics and chemistry, but working with Joe and Georgina on the first day\u2026 I loved them. Their chemistry was terrific and inspired how I delivered my performance.”<\/p>\n

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Liam Neeson as Robert Quinn in Cold Storage (\u00a9 STUDIOCANAL SAS All Rights Reserved)<\/p>\n

Directed by Jonny Campbell and penned by David Koepp, Cold Storage centres on the urgent efforts to contain a dangerous parasitic fungus that escapes from an abandoned military base. Keery and Campbell star as Teacake and Naomi, two young employees of a self-storage facility built on the former US military site, who join Quinn in a race against time to prevent a catastrophic extinction event.<\/p>\n

Cold Storage is scheduled for release in UK cinemas this Friday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":478099,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[236,88],"class_list":["post-478098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=478098"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478098\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/478099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=478098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=478098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=478098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}