Liam Neeson isn't what you would call diminutive—the Irish actor stands 6-foot-4—but there was one role he was too short for.

Things certainly turned out fine for Liam Neeson. He would appear in another cult classic, the Sam Raimi-directed film, ...

Neeson said the director wanted someone taller than the actor's 6-foot-4 frame to play the giant Fezzik in the 1987 fantasy ...