Liam Neeson In fact, Neeson credits the discipline he's learned from boxing as the reason for his success in Hollywood. “I know I got that determination from those early days of boxing,” said Neeson in an interview.
Liam Neeson
Despite his willingness to take a punch, Neeson does not perform the stunts himself. He has had the same stunt double since 1999, Mark Vanselow; of this fact, Neeson said, “I do my own fights, I don't do my own stunts, and there is a difference.”
The martial art style used by Liam Neeson's character Bryan Mills in both Taken movies is Nagasu Do. It's a hybrid martial art style that borrows from Judo, Aikido and Ju Jitsu.
Tough Only On Screen: Liam Neeson
People who have worked with Neeson all agree that he is a very nice and decent man, this being one of the greatest qualities of real manhood. He once admitted that despite his onscreen tough guy image, he suffers an intense fear of heights.
Taken (2008): Liam Neeson took Krav Maga training for the fight scenes in this film. This movie is one of my favourites.
Tom Cruise has trained in Krav Maga for use in quite a few action roles, including Ethan Hunt in Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol (2011) and Vincent in Collateral (2004).
No holds barred. The reason Krav Maga Worldwide® self-defense teaches striking techniques like front kick to the groin, and others like eye strikes, throat strikes, and strikes to the back of an opponent's head is because these techniques are effective.
Clint Eastwood
The older he gets, the grittier he gets. He was a bad man in Dirty Harry (1971), but more recently he unflinchingly took on gang violence in Gran Torino (2008) and played a tough-as-nails boxing trainer in Million Dollar Baby (2004).
Former Special Air Service (SAS) soldier Mick Gould trained Liam Neeson in combatives and weapons handling skills to prepare him for the role. Liam Neeson performs many of his own stunts.
He was crowned juvenile champion of Northern Ireland on three occasions and was also Irish runner-up a couple of times. Previously speaking with ESPN about his boxing days, he said: "I was OK, I was competent. I was a jabber, I had a good jab. I had about 40 fights and I won about maybe 30."
A veteran in the world of cinematic martial arts, Keanu Reeves has certainly earned his reputation as a Hollywood badass. First learning a variety of karate and kung-fu for The Matrix franchise, Reeves has continued his martial arts training over the years.
He did martial arts training
To make those fight scenes look realistic, Gosling is said to have done seven months of martial arts training and choreography.
Chris Hemsworth shows off his martial arts skills in hilarious 'Thor: Love and Thunder' BTS video. To be Thor, Chris Hemsworth has to put a lot of work into his body, mind, and spirit.
Liam Neeson
Eventually, he would go on to become Ulster's amateur senior boxing champion. In fact, Neeson credits the discipline he's learned from boxing as the reason for his success in Hollywood. “I know I got that determination from those early days of boxing,” said Neeson in an interview.
He has studied Wing Chun, karate, and kickboxing. The film spawned two sequels, Transporter 2 (2005) and Transporter 3 (2008). He also played supporting roles in Mean Machine (2002), The Italian Job (2003), and Cellular (2004) in which he played the lead villain.
After entering the film industry, Chan along with Sammo Hung got the opportunity to train in hapkido under the grand master Jin Pal Kim, and Chan eventually attained a black belt. Chan joined his parents in Canberra, Australia in 1971, where he briefly attended Dickson College and worked as a construction worker.
Neeson doesn't do extreme workouts or follow an unorthodox fitness regime, instead favoring a no-frills approach. His basic fitness routine includes weightlifting, strength training and cardio, paired with eating healthy.
Liam Neeson revealed on The Late Late Show that he didn't learn to drive until his late 20s, and it was Helen Mirren who gave him his first lesson.
For one thing, the boy was brandishing a weapon. “He was a big guy too, about 15 years of age,"” Neeson recalls [via The Chronicle]. “I had to punch him and then I was reprimanded for hitting the kid.” He added: “There were always discipline problems, getting them to settle down before you can start to teach them.
Hollywood's Hardest Working Actor Is Eric Roberts
With 391 acting credits in the last ten years alone, Roberts is the most prolific actor working today.
A new survey has named Tom Hardy as the most difficult actor for Americans to understand, forcing many to switch on subtitles. The survey by language app Preply, via The Wrap, also named gangster drama Peaky Blinders as the show Americans found the hardest to understand.
John Wayne Criticized Clint Eastwood's 'High Plains Drifter'
Wayne, a traditionalist in his view of good vs. evil and the upstanding role of Western protagonists, was disgusted by Eastwood's depiction of the Old West.
Disadvantages of Boxing in a street fight
Boxers are not trained to fight on the ground and this could be a disadvantage because street fights might sometimes end on the ground and boxing skills will become useless at that point.
Muay Thai is best for self-defense, even though Krav Maga was developed solely for self-defense. In reality, Muay Thai involves real-life combat training (sparring and fighting), whereas Krav Maga does not.