Liam Neeson’s actor son takes stage name from mum Natasha Richardson

Liam Neeson’s actor son takes stage name from mum Natasha Richardson BelfastTelegraph.co.uk A son of Ballymena-born film star Liam Neeson has surprised movie insiders by launching his own acting career using the surname of his late mother Natasha Richardson and not that of his father. https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/news/liam-neesons-actor-son-takes-stage-name-from-mum-natasha-richardson-37186387.html https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/article37186384.ece/5bf28/AUTOCROP/h342/2018-08-06_new_43052938_I1.JPG Email A son of Ballymena-born film star Liam Neeson has surprised movie insiders by launching his own acting career using the surname of his late mother Natasha Richardson and not that of his father. Commentators have said Micheal Richardson’s decision was motivated by a desire to honour the actress who died nine years ago from a head injury sustained in an accident on a Canadian ski slope. “It would have been the easiest thing in the world for Micheal to trade on his father’s famous name. But it appears that he wants to honour his mum and not rely on his dad’s name,” said one observer. “Not that the Richardson name will do him any harm anyway.” Micheal’s 46-year-old mother was part of the Redgrave/Richardson acting dynasty that included her mother Vanessa Redgrave and her father Tony Richardson, the Oscar-winning film and theatre director. People close to the acting world say the more… Read full this story

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