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He'll be great!

CSW2211@aol.com wrote:

Playing Abe Lincoln won't be a tall order for  Liam

 

Thursday, December 07, 2006 By Nevin Farrell   Ballymena-born actor Liam Neeson is preparing himself for his forthcoming role as assassinated American president Abraham Lincoln.   Neeson (54) will play 'The Great Emancipator' who was credited with ending slavery, in the Steven Spielberg film, Lincoln, which is expected to begin filming next year.   Recently Neeson toured the New York Historical Society's exhibit New York Divided: Slavery And The Civil War and also attended a lecture by The Gettysburg Gospel author Gabor Boritt, according to the New York Daily News.   Shooting of the film has been delayed. It had originally been expected in 2005. When Neeson travelled home to Co Antrim two summers ago locals believed the 6ft 4ins tall star had slimmed down to assist in playing the role of the tall and thin American Civil War president.   Neeson was hand-picked by movie mogul Steven Spielberg to play Lincoln. He is around the same age as Lincoln who was assassinated aged 56 in 1865. In 2005 Neeson toured historic sites devoted to Lincoln in the US including the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum and the Lincoln-Herndon Law Offices as he brushed up ahead of the role.   Also, last year Neeson said it was an "incredible honour" to be asked to play President Lincoln in the forthcoming movie. Neeson said he hopes the film, which is expected to be dominated by the slavery issue which helped spark the American Civil War, has a direct impact on people's lives. He said: "Before Schindler's List, I wouldn't have believed movies had a lot of power for social change. But having seen what happened with Schindler's List, and touring the world with it, it really made me realise the power of images.   "Knowing how powerful movies can be, we have to be responsible for what we put out there, and ask ourselves why we are telling this story."

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