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2018-10-09 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Liam Neeson says horse in new film knew him from another movie

[NYP] Assorted Western sagas got lassoed together in "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs."

You’re told the film’s by "brilliant Ethan and Joel Coen." How brilliant, who knows? They speak to nobody.

Liam Neeson: "I play a traveling impresario. We filmed in New Mexico. The odd thing is the horse who pulls my wagon knew me."

Like what’s that mean? He’s seen your movies?

"You won’t believe it. I’m saying this horse knew me. He actually remembered me from another Western we made a while back. I love animals. When we worked together before I took special care of him. I fed him treats. Gave him apples."

So this horse, he said, "Hi" when you walked over?

"He whinnied when he saw me. And pawed the ground."

Wow. Beats even a Miley Cyrus reaction.

Co-starring is James Franco, Tyne Daly and Zoe Kazan, who hit the screening in floor-length fluffy Valentino. It’s not worn in the film. Wild West wagontrains weren’t big on Valentinos.

At the NY Film Festival, a Tim Blake Nelson said: "I play singing cowboy Buster Scruggs. You’d think, who am I to play a lead being short, small of frame, not handsome, not well-known? Only with the Coen brothers could this happen.

"They’re friends. I’m an actor who’s done 80 films. My character’s a killer but doesn’t kill unless he’s provoked. He lives by a code. In a sense, he feels justified. It’s self-defense." OK.

A diminutive actor is the lead. Another actor is pals with a horse. Go see the thing yourself.

Posted by Besoeker 2018-10-09 03:46|| || Front Page|| [11133 views ] Top

#1 I'm not surprised. Horses have good memories.

Posted by Deacon Blues 2018-10-09 07:35|| 2018-10-09 07:35|| Front Page Top

#2 "James Franco" Oops.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2018-10-09 07:36|| 2018-10-09 07:36|| Front Page Top

#3 I'm not surprised. Horses have good memories.

Dogs and horses I trust. Mr. Neeson, not so much; he has a history of saying goofy shit when he has a movie coming out, and neither myself or IMDB seem to remember a western of his in the last 10 years.

I mean, is he talking Seraphim Falls? 2006? How old is this horse?

Million ways to die in the West, I'd call that a comedy not a western. Western was the setting, not genre.

If I seem a bit tight on the strike zone, it is because I have no idea how he got the reputation of someone who can pull Jedi night, master worldwide shinobi, Hannibal Smith, or any of these other philosopher fighter roles he lands.

Posted by swksvolFF 2018-10-09 09:40|| 2018-10-09 09:40|| Front Page Top

#4 I'm also not surprised as they probably have one or two companies that provide the horses and a big guy like Liam is likely to get a big horse. The odds aren't all that incredible.

Posted by rjschwarz 2018-10-09 11:06|| 2018-10-09 11:06|| Front Page Top

#5 He knows this because the horse asked him "why the long face?"
(horse humor)

Posted by ed in texas 2018-10-09 12:10|| 2018-10-09 12:10|| Front Page Top

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