Movies News Liam Neeson: I dropped "16 or 17 pounds" for 'Silence' role 01/02/2017 Liam Neeson says he lost about 16 or 17 pounds to play a thin, haunted-looking, Portuguese-Catholic missionary in Martin Scorsese's "Silence." Read More RELATED NEWS Jimmy Fallon's 'The Tonight Show' dropping to only four nights a weekAshley Tisdale announces birth of her second childSelena Gomez is a billionaire TAGS: Andrew Garfield Liam Neeson Martin Scorsese Adam Driver Silence