# The 2008 role Liam Neeson wishes he’d never played: “They should have got some other actor”

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/the-2008-role-liam-neeson-wishes-hed-never-played-they-should-have-got-some-other-actor/
- Published: 2026-11-06T15:45:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-06T16:55:11+00:00
- Original publisher: Far Out
- Original article: https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/role-liam-neeson-wishes-hed-never-played/
- Topics: Celebrity, Entertainment

## Key points

- Neeson regrets voicing Fujimoto in *Ponyo*.
- He felt his voice did not suit the character.
- The English-language film was released in 2009.

## Summary

Liam Neeson has said he was miscast as Fujimoto in the English-language dub of Hayao Miyazaki’s animated film *Ponyo*. After seeing the finished film, he felt his voice did not suit the character and said another actor should have been chosen. His comments matter because they are a rare example of the actor publicly wishing he had not taken a role.

Neeson recorded Fujimoto for the English version, released in August 2009, after the film first appeared in Japan in 2008. In the same year, he voiced Aslan in *The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian* and starred in *Taken*, whose success helped reshape his career around action films. He said voicing Fujimoto had been thrilling, but the character did not sit well with him once he watched the film.

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