Liam Neeson, 72, plans to retire from action movies since ‘you can't fool audiences'

Liam Neeson plans to discontinue from action movies aft decades of success.

"I’m 72 – it has to extremity astatine immoderate stage," Neeson told People magazine. 

The "Taken" prima still performs his ain conflict scenes, but uses his stunt double – Mark Vanselow – for much utmost moments.

"You can’t fool audiences," he explained. "I don’t want Mark to beryllium fighting my conflict scenes for me."

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Liam Neeson says he plans to discontinue from action movies "maybe nan extremity of adjacent year." (Getty Images)

Neeson plans to retire from nan action segment sometime successful 2025.

"Maybe nan extremity of adjacent year. I deliberation that's it," he told nan outlet.

After starring successful nan deed 2008 action thriller "Taken," Neeson reinvented himself arsenic an improbable action leader astatine nan property of 56.

Prior to launching his acting career, Neeson worked arsenic a forklift usability for Guinness Brewery and arsenic a motortruck driver. He made his debut successful theatre earlier landing his first movie domiciled arsenic Jesus Christ successful nan 1978 belief movie "Pilgrim's Progress."

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Liam Neeson has moved into drama pinch a domiciled successful "Naked Gun." (Kate Green/Getty Images)

Neeson moved from London to Los Angeles successful 1986 aft landing a impermanent domiciled successful nan mega-hit bid "Miami Vice." Though he went connected to prima successful Woody Allen's 1988 movie "Husbands and Wives" and 1992's "Leap of Faith" and "Shining Through," Neeson became discouraged aft nan films fizzled astatine nan container agency and was considering leaving Hollywood behind. 

However, Neeson's star-making domiciled came successful 1994 erstwhile he was formed arsenic Oskar Schindler successful Steven Spielberg's Academy Award-winning humanities play "Schindler's List." Spielberg formed Neeson aft seeing him successful nan Broadway play "Agatha Christie," which besides starred nan actor's early woman Natasha Richardson.

Neeson earned an Oscar, BAFTA and Golden Globe Award nominations for his capacity and cemented his position arsenic a Hollywood A-Lister.

Liam Neeson gained fame for his domiciled successful "Schindler's List." (Getty Images)

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Now, fans could spot Neeson make his measurement into a caller broadside of movie – comedy.

The character precocious wrapped filming of "The Naked Gun," a reboot of nan Leslie Nielsen bull comedy.

"Whether I tin transportation it aliases not, I honestly don’t know," Neeson told People mag of his domiciled arsenic bull Frank Drebin Jr.

Liam Neeson began his profession successful theater. (Thomas Niedermueller/Getty Images for ZFF)

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Fox News Digital's Ashley Hume contributed to this report.