Liam Neeson has made a bittersweet confession about his time in lockdown while filming his latest movie, revealing he 'fell in love' with a woman who was 'unavailable.'
The 68-year-old actor spent four months in Melbourne in 2020 filming Blacklight, spending most of his time with a closed group of people while the area was under strict lockdown conditions due to Covid-19.
Speaking to Australian morning show Sunrise, Neeson said that in spite of the tricky circumstances he had a wonderful time in the city, and even managed to make a romantic connection while he was there.
'I loved Melbourne. I loved our Australian crew, they are fantastic workers. Every department was superb. They were their own people, do you know what I mean? They had a great sense of humour,' he said, adding, with a smile 'I made a couple of pals... I fell in love.'
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Sadly for the star, it was fated to be an love from a distance, with Neeson quickly revealing that nothing came of his attachment, because 'she was taken.'
We're assuming Neeson means 'taken' in a romantic sense, as opposed to being in a situation which might require him to use his particular set of skills, but nonetheless, the Sunrise hosts were unsurprisingly intrigued by Neeson's admission.
Though the actor remained coy about any further details, his interviewers committed to tracking the woman down, calling on viewers to get in touch with any information they might have about her identity.
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'If you know the lady involved, go to the Facebook page. Give us some hints,' they joked.
It's a rare romantic admission for Neeson, who has not been in a public relationship for over a decade following the tragic death of his wife Natasha Richardson in 2009.
Richardson passed away aged just 45 after being left brain dead following a skiing accident. The pair were married for 15 years and share two sons, Micheál and Daniel.
Elsewhere in the interview, Neeson revealed that his two week quarantine stay upon arrival in Sydney came with some unexpected home comforts, thanks to a 'bunch of Irish nurses' who plied him with Irish scones.
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'I would get calls from the nurses who would say ‘Mr Neeson, we’ve just taken some Irish bread we’ve cooked out of the oven, can we bring you some?' he recalled. 'It was terribly sweet.'
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Hannah Smith