LIAM NEESON BACK ON THE CIGARETTES AFTER QUITTING SIXTEEN YEARS AGO! « Showbiz Spy

LIAM NEESON BACK ON THE CIGARETTES AFTER QUITTING SIXTEEN YEARS AGO!

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Saturday June 12, 2010

LIAM Neeson is back on the cigarettes.

The 58-year-old star says his role as cigar-puffing Hannibal Smith in The A Team movie remake caused the ”addicted” actor to begin smoking again after quitting 16 years ago.

“I stopped smoking 16 years ago so it was a real issue for this movie,” he said. “The props guys got me these amazing fake Cuban cigars but then I was given real ones. I said, ‘I can’t do this I’m an addict’.”

After just two days of filming, Liam was addicted again and has vowed to insist on “rubber cigars” in future to help him curb his cravings.

“By day two of filming I had discovered cigars and I was in trouble. If we do a sequel I think I will have to insist on rubber cigars!” he said.

Neeson — who stars alongside Bradley Cooper and Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson in the film about a group of rogue military mercenaries who are on the run over a crime they didn’t commit — also admits he never liked the original TV series.

“I was never a fan of the series, to be honest,” he said. “I was in my 20s. Bradley Cooper and Rampage and those guys were 10 or 11 years of age and it was iconic for them.”

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carol h.
He is right, the series sucked. I hated it. The money must have been good for him to have agreed. Or else he is good enough to rescue the movie from mediocrity. Or not.

Tracy Terry
yeah, screw the A-team. i like ‘The Love Boat’!

Pam Algonquin
He should have refused to do this movie or refused to smoke. His health is not worth this “tacky” A-Team movie. If Mr. T won’t endorse it, well . . .then
neither will I!

Tracy Terry
Mr. T is soon to be buzzard bait

Tracy Terry
rubbers? Liam is going to suck on rubbers?! Eeeew! and i thought he liked girls. what a freak!

Candi
Oh what a quietly yummy yummy man…unlike those who are larger than life…I’m sure he just doesn’t care to be…but he could…he can eat crackers in my bed any time…and I wouldn’t kick him out…I wear a bib when I see his movies…smile…hug…
You are so beautiful Liam…get a handle on the smoking…want to see you around for a very long time…Candi

http://ShowbizSpy Dawn
Excellent comment! I agree entirely!

msc
I admire Mr Neeson for just getting up in the morning and taking care of his two sons and himself after the tragic death of his wife only a little over a year ago. He is a wonderful human being.

Tracy Terry
he probably snuffed her

penny
Tracy Terry,
Were you under a rock when his wife died in a terrible tragic accident?
Oh, that’s right. Idiots don’t read.

http://showbizspy Reena
Tracy Terry… must be bored and suffering from some sort of “permafrost” on the brain. What a Crumb!
Liam, please kick the habit, your boys need you and I’d like to see you in more movies!
I can’t get enough of that man! He still even has the nerve to still look good!
Shawn
Ok..this bulletin is misleading. It says Liam Neeson is back on cigarettes. That’s not the case at all. He is back to smoking Cuban cigars. Big deal.
Cigars and cigarettes are nowhere near the same thing and they should not be regulated the same as they do not have the same risk factors.
http://www.dscomic.com Rob
It was actually being impaled by Darth Maul that caused him to smoke again.
http://showbizspy adrienne
He said he discoveed cigars while making the movie. I , for one will consider seeing the new version just because he is in it. The man was absolutley fantastic in the film Taken”. He should have gotten an award for superb acting. He appears to be a fine , sensible man. I wouldn’t mind neeting someone like him. I remember him in “High Spirits” with Darryl Hannah. Great flick!
Paul
I never liked the TV show either but I did like the first two Karate Kid movies. Karate Kid blew the A Team movie out of the water this week and the A Team FLOPPED big time. A Team had a huge budget that they will be lucky to make back. This will be the last you hear of The A Team unless some fool tried to make a remake of the TV show and good luck keeping that series on the air for even a full season!

Chris
I don’t about a tv remake of the “A Team”, but after the first Incredible Hulk remake (title just “Hulk”) in 2003 with Eric Bana, they redid it with Edward Norton in 2008, and it was a bigger hit (made $263 million worldwide on a $150 million budget…compared to $243 million for the Eric Bana one with a $137 million budget…not a big difference, but the second was a much better movie and will probably make (or already has) a lot more in DVD sales),…and no it wasn’t a sequel to the remake…it was simply the second remake or reboot as some call it.

Joe M
I thought The Movie was good but the Mask or Makeup they put on Him In the film made him look horrible
otherwise the movie was ok the guy who played Murdock Did Ok They only Had 1 Or 2 Scene Where He Acted Crazy
The Mr T. Replacement Wasn’t That Great until the High Rise Scene . Now that was A good Scene
Pete
Hey
I liked the movie..Will this movie bring world peace or stop worldwide hunger…Ahhhhhhhhh No its not meant to be that. This was a good movie for what it was…..What was it? A comedy with ass kicking…Lighten up people..
lovemyfreedom
I don’t care what he smokes…he’s hot doing whatever he smokes…..doing cigs or cigars or even a pipe….i could handle an ashtray kiss from him any day of the week!
BOB
i wish they would do a remake of Gigli Great Great movie..
Spyder Devon
He a Great actor! Hope to see more. Loved ‘Taken’. Brilliant.
K
Liam Neeson is so good looking!I have never seen a man who is 16 years my senior look so hot!I have been admiring him from afar for years.