Liam Neeson & Mark Vanselow Break Down Taken & Their Most Iconic Scenes

Episode Description

Liam Neeson and Mark Vanselow join Scene Stealers to break down some of their most memorable work together, from A Million Ways to Die in the West to Michael Collins to Taken. Liam and Mark have been making movies together for almost three decades, with Mark serving as Liam’s longtime stunt double, and now Mark is directing Liam in The Mongoose. Liam explains why he trusted Mark with a shot in A Million Ways to Die in the West no other stunt double would want, how he accepted the Volpi Cup at Venice for Michael Collins while lying in a hospital bed, and why he was convinced Taken would go straight to video until his wife broke the news it opened at #1. Plus, the ex-SAS soldier who choreographed the iconic kitchen fight in Taken. Along the way, Mark opens up about going from stunts to the director’s chair, and Liam shares why stories told by real people matter more than ever. The Mongoose is in theaters October 30th. Go see it on the big screen. Timecodes 00:00 Cold open 00:18 Liam Neeson & Mark Vanselow on The Mongoose 00:41 From stuntman to director 02:06 Car chases and story-driven action 03:12 Stunt performers who became directors 04:05 Why we love action movies 05:05 Why human stories matter in the age of AI 06:04 A MILLION WAYS TO DIE IN THE WEST 07:00 Mark’s 25 years of stunt training paid off 08:16 What’s next for Mark as a director 08:47 MICHAEL COLLINS 09:17 Michael Collins and the Volpi Cup 10:00 Winning the Volpi Cup from a hospital bed 11:07 Why Michael Collins is still controversial 12:09 Was Tom Cruise supposed to be in Michael Collins? 12:54 A record-breaking opening in Ireland 13:08 Monarch ad read 15:37 TAKEN 16:18 Taken: “I thought it was straight to video” 17:04 Finding out Taken opened at #1 17:32 Building Taken’s fight style 18:40 The most important thing in stunt work 19:23 The driver who counted the bodies 20:33 Taken’s body count and the kitchen fight 21:24 Wrap Scene Stealers is a film interview show from Out of Order where actors, directors, and filmmakers watch and break down some of their most memorable on-screen scenes. Use code STEALERS at https://Monarch.com to get your first year of Monarch Core half off at just $50. #LiamNeeson #Taken #SceneStealers #TheMongoose #FilmInterview #MichaelCollins #AMillionWaysToDieInTheWest #StuntDouble #ActionMovies #ActorInterview