Liam knew little about the Watergate scandal

Actor Liam Neeson says he understood the importance of Watergate scandal only while working on film Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down The White House. “During the Watergate, in the North of Ireland, we were going through our own troubles. So, I was kind of aware about Watergate, from the periphery of it,” Neeson said.

“But Peter Landesman, the writer and director, who was an ex-investigative journalist — a very good one — showed me the script, and I knew very little about it. So I started doing a little research, and I realised how huge Watergate was, not just for America but for the rest of the society,” he added.

This film narrates the real life story of a former FBI Agent who helped expose the Watergate scandal. The biopic will release in India on Friday. Talking about his role as Mark Felt, Neeson said, “I wanted to present a certain facet of the man. There was very little known about his private life... his relationship with his wife and specially about the relationship with his daughter — who ran off to join a communal,” and added “He was a man who could compartmentalise his life which I guess, being an FBI man for 30 years, you had to do and he was well-trained by J Edgar Hoover, his boss.”

The film is based on a 2006 autobiography written by John O’Cornor and Mark Felt. It also features Ike Barinholtz, Tony Goldwyn, Bruce Greenwood, and Micheal C Hall, and others.

PHOTO: SHUTTERSTOCK Liam Neeson plays the role of Mark Felt, a former FBI agent