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He has a very special set of skills and is not afraid to use them to help out his friends. Liam Neeson lent his distinctive Irish brogue to provide the voice-over for a colleague’s promo video to help him sell his home in the Melbourne suburb of Mulgrave.
According to the Herald Sun, the friend in question is Dean Fay, who was the assistant director on the 2022 American-Australian action thriller movie “Blacklight” starring Neeson. In addition, Fay’s daughter, Lucy, is a freelancer who works behind the scenes in film and television and has worked on some of Neeson’s projects while also being a full-time student.
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Neeson was happy to oblige Faye’s request, adding some trademark dialogue to the promo clip, which starred real-life listing agents Ming Xu and Jing Chen, who suggested that Fay add a promo video to help sell his home of 12 years.
“I sent him a little script, and he said he had made a couple of little changes,” Fay said of enrolling his pal. “Not many actors would do that for a buddy at the end of the day. He’s a very generous guy.”
The clip uses well-known phrases from Neeson’s 2008 hit film, “Taken,” which made the actor an unlikely action star in his late fifties. Neeson’s career trajectory is unique and wildly diverse. He has acted in over 90 films and worked with a who’s who of top-notch directors, including Steven Spielberg on “Schindler’s List,” for which he was nominated for an Academy Award.
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According to multiple websites, the “Taken,” trilogy was a major payday for the actor, who is worth around $145 million. Neeson was reportedly paid $5 million for “Taken,” $15 million for 2012’s “Taken 2,” and $20 million for 2014’s “Taken 3.” Forbes once named Neeson one of the highest-paid actors in the world, earning $19.5 million in 2014. The previous year, he earned $32 million.
Recently, Neeson starred in numerous straight-to-streaming action thrillers that piggybacked on his “Taken” success. It’s kept him working while being much loved and profitable, considering their lower budgets, consistently doing well on streaming services. During the pandemic, Neeson, playing his now trademark grizzled loner with retribution on his mind, scored two No. 1 movies in three months.
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