Liam Neeson on Blacklight, Neil Jordan’s Marlowe, and Favorite Film Roles

With director Mark Williams’ Blacklight opening in theaters this weekend, the other day I spoke to Liam Neeson about making his latest action thriller. If you haven’t seen the trailer, Blacklight stars Neeson as an FBI fixer who gets in way over his head after getting involved in a deadly conspiracy. As you might expect, Neeson is forced to kick some ass. Written by Nick May and Williams, Blacklight also stars Aidan Quinn (Elementary), Emmy Raver-Lampman (The Umbrella Academy), and Taylor John Smith (Sharp Objects). The film was produced by Willams, Paul Currie, Myles Nestel, Alevé Loh, and Coco Xiaqlu Ma. During the interview, Neeson talks about why he wanted to make Blacklight, getting to work with Aidan Quinn again, how the film deals with unchecked power in government, how the new directors he’s been working with have been great, and what’s the first thing you should watch if you’ve never seen his work. In addition, he talked about working with Neil Jordan again on Marlowe (he plays Philip