Working in ‘A-team’ got Liam Neeson hooked to cigar again
July 19th, 2010 - 6:26 pm ICT by ANILondon, July 19 (ANI): Liam Neeson got hooked to cigar again while working on the ‘The A-Team’, despite turning his back on the habit 17 years ago.
The Irish star has played John ‘Hannibal’ Smith in the film,
The character famously smoked Havana cigars on all of The A-Team’s missions, and Neeson was pleased when he was handed fakes at the beginning of shooting, because he had worked hard to quit smoking years earlier.
But after the props were exchanged for the real thing, Neeson admits he got hooked again.
“I’ve been off them for 17 years and I was very conscious of that. So the only thing I needed to prepare for was smoking a cigar,” the Daily Express quoted him as telling the News of the World.
“The props guys got me these amazing fake Cuban cigars but then I was given real ones. I said, ‘I can’t do this, I’m an addict.’ By day two of filming, I had discovered cigars again and I was in trouble. If we do a sequel, I think I’ll have to insist on rubber cigars,” he added. (ANI)
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