The Irish novelist John Banville has defended Liam Neeson following criticism of the actor for comments relating to the rape of a friend 40 years ago. Neeson is due to star as Philip Marlowe in an upcoming film of Banville’s The Black-Eyed Blonde, a variation on Raymond Chandler written under the pseudonym Benjamin Black. “I listened to the recording of the interview he gave to the journalist, who shouldn’t of course have made her tape public. I shouldn’t even be saying this to a journalist.’ He was indiscrete to say the least.”“I’m not a racist”: Liam Neeson with co-host Robin Roberts on Good Morning America. I would love to do a film with Liam Neeson.”

Source: The Irish Times February 06, 2019 18:45 UTC