Liam Neeson

And he was telling the story of his people, his Jewish people.

And he was incredibly nervous.

Yeah, and I remember the first day.

We finished the play here in New York on Sunday, Sunday afternoon.

I flew out on Monday.

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.

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

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

But the production design team did a brilliant job.

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

Right, I remember that story.

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

Nice and warm, even though it was unbelievably cold.

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

And it was terrifying.

It was terrifying.

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.

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?

And I said, yeah, I'm okay.

just looking forward to starting, you know?