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Liam Neeson thinks he can carry on as an action star for a few more years because ”60 is the new 40”.

Brooke Shields has revealed that Liam Neeson asked her to marry him after they had dated for three months soon after she graduated college.

The 62-year-old actor, born in Ballymena – has reinvented himself in the last decade as a big screen tough guy with roles in films such as ‘Taken’, ‘Batman Begins’, ‘The A-Team’ and ‘A Walk Among the Tombstones’ and he hopes to continue in the genre.

He said: ”With the action stuff, well, 60 is the new 40, so I’m not going to complain … I hope to be doing this (acting) when I’m 90, you know.”

Although Liam was a latecomer to hardman roles she did take the hard sport of boxing when he was a child in Ballymena, County Antrim, in Northern Ireland.

The Hollywood star did well as an amateur but admits he didn’t have enough punch power to make it as a pro just like his boxing hero Manny Pacquiao.

Liam who often frequents the red carpet narrates new documentary movie ‘Manny’ about multi-time world champion – told The Guardian: ”I was an amateur boxer. I won a few titles. Looking back, I’d say I was competent. I wasn’t a knockout specialist. I had a good left jab and I just used that a lot. Not exactly a crowd-pleaser.”

Brooke Shields has revealed that Liam Neeson asked her to marry him after they had dated for three months soon after she graduated college.

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