Liam Neeson's New Movie Flops In Face Of Race Row Over Kill A 'Black B*stard' Comment

February 11. 2019

Liam Neeson

There's a phrase that goes, "Sharing is caring." However, actor Liam Neeson is learning the hard way that is not always the case. 30-years ago the actor made controversial comments during an interview about wanting to "kill a black bastard" when he found out one of his female friends was raped by a black man. The interview was recently unearthed against his wishes.

Neeson stated he roamed the streets looking to pick a fight with and kill a black man, out of revenge for his friend being raped. After a week in that state of mind, Neeson went to see a priest and confessed his sinful thoughts in this regard. Neeson expressed the fact he was behaving in an inappropriate and irrational manner.

This old interview has come back to haunt him, as people began calling for a boycott of his film. As a result of the boycott, Neeson's new film "Cold Pursuit" only made $10,000,000 for the weekend, when it could have easily cleared $25,000,000 to $30,000,000. Neeson's numbers are now low.

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Liam Neeson's latest film takes $10million on its opening weekend despite admitting he once wanted to kill a black man

Published: 20:19 EST, 9 February 2019 | Updated: 22:57 EST, 9 February 2019 - Liam Neeson’s latest film has taken in millions of dollars in its opening weekend – despite the furore over his admission that he once went out looking to kill a black man. Neeson had made the confession while promoting revenge action thriller Cold Pursuit, saying that he had once roamed the streets with a cosh looking for any random ‘black b******’ to kill after someone close to him had been raped. On that day alone it took $3.6 million, and is currently No 3 at the box office. Cold Pursuit is tipped to take in just over $10 million in its opening weekend, according to expert industry forecasts...

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