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Liam Neeson

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505 total appearances

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"RE-RELEASE: Liam Neeson”

I flew out on Monday.

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"RE-RELEASE: Liam Neeson”

And as far as my memory, as far as I can remember, it was either Tuesday morning or the Wednesday morning, like 5.30 in the morning.

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we were at the gates of Auschwitz, the real Auschwitz in Poland.

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And I think the World Jewish Congress, I think that's the right name, didn't give Stephen permission to shoot inside Auschwitz.

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But the production design team did a brilliant job.

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We shot outside of Auschwitz, but made it seem as if it was inside Auschwitz.

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Right, I remember that story.

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And I was dressed in a big fur coat and hat and

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Nice and warm, even though it was unbelievably cold.

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And this train was coming in and all these extras were coming out as Jewish people and German extras with guard dogs.

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And it was terrifying.

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It was terrifying.

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And I remember I was waiting to do my bit and I walked down, you know, by the barbed wire fences and looking inside at the huts that, you know, the Jewish people were crammed into all those years ago.

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And I was just looking and Branko Lustig, who was one of the producers, he's dead now, God rest him, but he came up to me and said, how do you feel?

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And I said, yeah, I'm okay.

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just looking forward to starting, you know?

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And we were looking at the huts and he pointed out to a hut and said, see that one there, third one from the left, I'm making this up now, but he said, that's where I was.

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No way.

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At the age of six.

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Well, I just lost it.