You read that right. Jimmy Kimmel gave me this idea.
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I went on Jimmy Kimmel Live! to test it out with him, and one of the headlines we created at random was "5 Classic Novels Liam Neeson Bathes In Before Your Colonoscopy."
Thank you, Jimmy. This list is for you.
Call of the Wild, by Jack London
Call of the Wild tells the story of Buck, a dog who is ripped from his happy domestic existence in California and forced into survival mode as a sled dog in Alaska.
Neeson experiences something quite similar in his incomparable film, The Grey. In that film, Neeson is stranded after a plane crash in Alaska, and left to fend for himself (along with other, less impressive actors) in the wild.
Before your colonoscopy, which is venturing into uncharted territory, so to speak, Mr. Neeson bathes in the pages of this classic novel as a show of camaraderie. Thank you, Mr. Neeson.
The Princess Bride, by William Goldman
In 1973, this classic novel introduced us to the romance between Buttercup and her devoted farm boy, Westley. They didn't need many words to communicate, a simple, "As you wish" (read: I LOVE YOU) would suffice.
In 2003, the world watched as Neeson revealed himself to be a hopeless romantic in Love Actually as the character of Daniel. In the film, Daniel mourns the loss of his wife, much as Buttercup initially mourns the loss of Westley. But Daniel encourages his son Sam to pursue a classmate he's fallen head-over-heels for. In fact, he encourages Sam to CHASE HER through an airport! (If it sounds familiar, that's because you may remember Westley chasing his love up the side of a mountain, and across land and sea).
Before your colonoscopy, Neeson bathes in these pages as a reminder that love, actually, is all around us.
