Bryan mills taken friendship

IN Liam Neeson introduced audiences to Bryan Mills, a man with a very particular set of skills, skills he acquired over a very long career.

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Skills that made him a nightmare for anyone kidnapping his daughter.

The movie was Taken and, while Neeson didn't realise it at the time, he'd kicked off a franchise that's spawned two sequels and a TV series.

And yet it could have all been very, very different - here are 10 things you never knew about Taken.

Taken originally starred someone else

Writer and producer Luc Besson first cast Jeff Bridges in the role of Mills.

When Bridges dropped out of the project Liam Neeson was approached.

Eager to take on a more physically demanded role, the Northern Irishman said yes.

9. The creator of The Karate Kid wrote the script

Though Luc Besson came up with the idea for the film over dinner with friend and director Pierre Morel, he actually co-wrote the finished draft with Ro