Neeson too old for Lincoln role
Liam Neeson is too old to play Abraham Lincoln.
The ‘A-Team’ star had been attached for several years to portray the former US president – who was assassinated in 1865 – in a Steven Spielberg-directed biopic but has now admitted he is no longer involved in the project.
Liam – who at 58 is two years older than the 16th US president was when he died - said: "I’m not actually playing Lincoln now. I was attached to it for a while, but it’s now I’m past my sell-by date."
Though the Irish-born actor won’t be starring as Abraham Lincoln in a movie, he will soon be seen playing another former US leader.
The ‘Taken’ star recently signed up to portray President Lyndon B. Johnson in Lee Daniels's civil rights drama ‘Selma’.
The film – which will also feature Hugh Jackman, David Oyelowo and Lenny Kravitz – focuses on civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King’s 1965 march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama.
