AceShowbiz - While Liam Neeson has most of the time kept a low profile, he made headlines for the wrong reason in 2019 after admitting that he wanted to kill a random black man. In an interview to promote his film "Cold Pursuit", the 70-year-old said that he generated his character's "primal" anger after recounting an experience he had 40 years ago, after his female friend was raped by a black man. The "Taken" star said that he spent a week going "up and down areas with a cosh, hoping some 'black bastard' would come out of a pub and have a go" so that he "could kill him."

Liam immediately followed his admission by saying that he was "ashamed" of the experience and that the things he did and said were "horrible." After earning tons of criticism for his remarks, during an appearance on "Good Morning America", he denied being a racist, stating that he would have done the same if the rapist was "a Scot or a Brit or a Lithuanian." He said that he "did seek help" and counselling from his friends and a priest after coming to his senses. Many of fellow actors, namely Michelle Rodriguez, Whoopi Goldberg, John Barnes and Ralph Fiennes, also spoke up to defend him.