8 d. ago ‘I can’t get mad at anyone who tells me I’m a genius’: original Naked Gun director softens response to reboot

David Zucker, who co-created the franchise, was initially sceptical about the new Liam Neeson instalment, but now says he’s ‘excited’ amid positive reviews and strong takingsDavid Zucker, who co-created the Police Squad! and Naked Gun franchises and directed the first two films starring Leslie Nielsen, has reacted to the warm critical reception and healthy box office takings of the reboot starring Liam Neeson.Zucker had previously expressed scepticism and even anger about the direction the new film appeared to be taking, and the decision by the studio not to include him in the process. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Liam Neeson makes cheeky hint about 'strange' racy scenes with Pamela Anderson

Liam Neeson and Pamela Anderson are starring alongside each other in The Naked Gun reboot and the Taken actor has opened up on filming intimate scenes together

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1 week ago A particular set of skills: how Liam Neeson went from ‘master actor’ to deadpan Naked Gun spoofery

As his turn in cop-comedy reboot brings rave reviews, we look back on the actor’s varied career, from Schindler’s List to Star Wars and, of course, TakenLiam Neeson may have gained pop-culture immortality for his gravelly growl of a certain line of dialogue in the 2008 hostage thriller Taken – “I don’t have money, but what I do have are a very particular set of skills” – but the release of his new film, a reboot of the classic spoof cop movie The Naked Gun represents another remarkable turn in Neeson’s distinguished career, which has taken in heavyweight prestige dramas, historical biopics, blockbusting science fiction, superhero epics and head-cracking action cinema.In The Naked Gun, Neeson has for the first time taken the lead role in an out-and-out comedy. He plays Frank Drebin Jr, the police-detective son of Leslie Nielsen’s Frank Drebin in the original. Created by the celebrated comedy team of David Zucker, Jim Abrahams and Jerry Zucker, The Naked Gun was released in 1988, with...

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3 w. ago They're single, playing lovers and say their chemistry is 'natural'. So has Pamela Anderson and Liam Neeson's on

He's an Oscar nominee, she's the original Baywatch bombshell. Yet the pairing of LIAM NEESON and PAMELA ANDERSON is genius - and the chemistry is real

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3 w. ago Pam and Liam: They played lovers in the reboot of The Naked Gun, but has their on

He's an Oscar nominee, she's the original Baywatch bombshell. Yet the pairing of LIAM NEESON & PAMELA ANDERSON is genius - and the chemistry is real

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3 w. ago Sophie Turner says it was 'weird' playing Kit Harington's lover after Game of Thrones

Game of Thrones star Sophie Turner has admitted it was awkward doing romantic scenes with her pal Kit Harrington in a new movie as they played half-siblings in the HBO hit

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