Neeson, however, is not to be counted among the rewatchers. In fact, the actor made a point of not revisiting the original films, which also starred Priscilla Presley (who you might just spot in the new movie) - though he did see them when they originally hit cinema screens ("They were a good giggle, he said. "Fun. School boy humor").

After more than a hundred films and a late-career run as Hollywood’s most unlikely action star, Liam Neeson is trading gunfights for gags. In Paramount’s new reboot of The Naked Gun , Neeson plays Frank Drebin Jr.

The action star plays deadpan detective Frank Drebin Jr. in director Akiva Schaffer’s welcome sequel to the police-parody film franchise that began in 1988.