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He plans to get in front of the cameras again next year to play a very different kind of hero: Oscar Wilde. It will be interesting to see Neeson adapt his low-key ruggedness to that stylishly fastidious wit. Until then, it seems, Neeson is thinking of cultivating his inner lightweight. Now taking singing lessons, he and Richardson hope to bring their version of Camelot to Broadway. A gifted actor who dreams of being Robert Goulet? Liam Neeson really is as beguilingly complicated as he seems.
--With reporting by Georgia Harbison/New York