Liam Neeson wants the stars of The A-Team to wear nicotine patches instead of chain smoking cigars if there is a sequel. The actor plays John 'Hannibal' Smith in Joe Carnahan's big screen adaptation of the hit 1980s TV show. The film is about a group of US Army Special Forces soldiers who become mercenaries after they escape from jail, where they were sent after they were convicted of a crime they didn't commit.
Liam's character is famous for his love of cigars, which horrified the actor, who quit smoking Marlboro in the 1990s. He tried to use rubber cigars at first, but was chain-smoking again by the second day of filming.
"I stopped smoking 16 years ago, it was a real issue for me," Liam told Australia radio programme The Kyle and Jackie O Show. "Joe insisted I have cigars and because it was Canada, they don't have a trade embargo with Cuba and the props guys got me these amazing Cuban cigars.
"I got them to make rubber ones, because I didn't want to be puffing on a cigar, but Joe, who is a big cigar smoker said, 'No, it looks so false!' I said, "Joe, I'm an addict! I can't smoke this stuff!' Day 2 and I discovered cigars. It was dangerous!"
Liam has now managed to wean himself off tobacco for a second time, and has already decided he will never smoke for a film again. If there is a sequel to The A-Team, he is planning to suggest his character wears nicotine patches instead of smoking.
"If we do a sequel, I think I'll have to insist on no cigars," Liam said. "We'll all have patches on instead."
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