Updated On: 20 March, 2023 08:40 AM IST | Los Angeles | IANS
Neeson told `The Times of London` that he had expressed his strong interest in the role, until his then girlfriend, actress Natasha Richardson, intervened, wary of what Neeson called the "gorgeous girls in various countries getting in and out of (Bond`s) bed"

Liam Neeson. Pic/AFP
While the search goes on for the next 007, Liam Neeson has revealed that the role of James Bond was once his for the taking, except that his partner had other ideas.
Following the success of `Schindler`s List` (1993) in which he played the title role, Neeson`s star was high in the early 1990s, and the James Bond people came calling, reports `Deadline`.