Forget Arnie, Sly and Chuck – everyone’s favourite geriactioner is back…
JOE caught up with fellow Irishman Liam ‘I will find you and I will kill you’ Neeson and his gorgeous co-star Julianne ‘I probably won’t kill you’ Moore ahead of the release of their brand new airborne action thriller, Non-Stop.
AKA Take(n) On A Plane.
AKA High Stakes On A Plane.
AKA Ah For F*ck Sakes On A Plane.
We apologise, none of those alternative titles were good in any way.
The Beast of Ballymena stars as Bill Marks, a deadly but depressed Air Marshall with a dire drink problem who kind of reminds us of this guy…
Marks is tasked with policing a long-haul flight from New York to London when, as well as having to deal with all of the usual flight irritations like limited leg room and crying babies, he discovers that someone is trying to kill everybody on board – a problem that airline customer complaints departments aren’t really too eager to deal with.
Our sexagenarian star is forced to spring into action after receiving a series of threatening texts to his private Air Marshall phone, messages that put his fellow passengers at risk unless the airline transfers $150 million into a mysterious off-shore account.
Soon though, the evidence starts pointing towards the main man Marks – is he a hero? Or hijacker?
Once JOE got over our crushing fear giddy excitement ahead of meeting the grizzled, growling Neeson and the less grizzled and less growly Moore, we settled down to chat about the mile-high movie itself, people’s particular sets of skills and, as ever, we asked the question on everybody’s lavatory-obsessed lips – just what the heck do Hollywood stars read when they’re sitting on the toilet?
Thankfully, we made it out alive…
Non-Stop is released in Irish cinemas on 28 February.
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