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Liam Neeson was told he was too old for action roles

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Ageism in Hollywood is real, but apparently, so is a very particular set of skills. Executives thought a 56-year-old dramatic actor running around Paris snapping necks was utterly ridiculous and destined for straight-to-DVD obscurity. Neeson proved them entirely wrong, aggressively birthing an entirely new sub-genre of cinema known as 'Geriatric Men Murdering Kidnappers in Europe.'

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