Liam Neeson in The Grey

Written by Al Borde TV Tuesday, 10 January 2012 17:08

Based on the short story "Ghost Walker" by Ian Mackenzie Jeffers, The Grey marks the second collaboration between director Joe Carnahan and international superstar Liam Neeson, who previously teamed for the 2010 action-comedy The A-Team.

"The Grey triggered something very primal inside of me," says Neeson, who initially heard of the project while conducting a string of press interviews with Carnahan for The A-Team in Berlin and later asked the director about the project. After seeing the script, he quickly signed on for the lead, knowing full well that Carnahan would strive for realism by shooting on location near the sub-artic zone. "When I read the script, I was 57 years old, and the little boy inside me thought it would be great to take on such a demanding role," says Neeson. "I wanted audiences to say 'Wow, how did you guys do that?'  At the same time, I was thinking, 'Jeez, can I physically do this?'"

In The Grey, Liam Neeson's character leads an unruly group of oil-rig roughnecks when their plane crashes into the remote Alaskan wilderness. Battling mortal injuries and merciless weather, the survivors have only a few days to escape the icy elements – and a vicious pack of rogue wolves on the hunt – before their time runs out.
 

"This is a hard-core survivalist film," says director and co-writer Joe Carnahan, whose previous hits include Narc and Smokin’ Aces. "If you're afraid of wild animals or plane travel, this movie will put you off for a good, long time."

The Grey is in theatres nationwide on January 27, 2012.

 

 

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