Liam Neeson’s controversial comments about chasing a black rapist in a black neighborhood, to avenge his friend, have now resulted in the cancellation of the red carpet premiere for his action movie “Cold Pursuit” [THR]
There are also calls for him to be digitally removed from the upcoming “Men In Black” movie.
The comments were made during a press interview with The Independent this week:
“I went up and down areas with a cosh, hoping I’d be approached by somebody – I’m ashamed to say that – and I did it for maybe a week, hoping some… ‘black bastard’ would come out of a pub and have a go at me about something, you know? So that I could… kill him,” explained the actor.
Neeson later went on, in other interviews, to defend himself by saying “I am not a racist.”
Is his career over? Have the mob won in their fight against Mr. Neeson? It could very well depend on how well his film does at the box-office this weekend. It sure as hell made many realize that he even had a new movie being released this Friday.