

He resolves to turn himself into the FBI and forfeit the money he has stolen in return for a plea deal and a clean slate. Although he has always worked with integrity and precision, exclusively carrying out non-violent bank jobs, he does not want his relationship with Annie to be built upon lies. His feelings for his new flame Annie (Kate Walsh) have inspired him to right his past wrongs and leave behind his life of crime. It was humbling, fulfilling, and just gave me so much hope.Tom (Liam Neeson) is a lot of things, but two in particular: an infamous thief and a newfound romantic.
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They were just full of joy that I, whatever my celebrity status is, made the effort to see them and say hello. I finally went over, and saw these incredibly brave people who were going through therapy. I was dreading going over I just felt so inadequate. I remember I was staying literally across the street from this cancer hospital, and they asked me if I would come over. There was genuine affection from the townspeople. The people were incredibly helpful - the Police Department especially, bent over backwards to accommodate us, which was lovely. There seemed to be a Presbyterian church at the corner of every street. LN: I felt like I was back home in Northern Ireland. They don’t have those out in LA, so I ate steamers pretty much every other day. One of the things I missed most about New England was steamers. They made us T-shirts as a wrap gift that said ‘Be nice to Worcester,’ which was great. What a different city it was from when I grew up. Can you share any fond memories from your time there? “Honest Thief” is set in Boston and was filmed in Worcester. They’ve had heartbreak, they have respective baggage, and they’ve found each other, and have the redemptive power of love. The love story that is the center between Liam’s character and mine, between Tom and Annie, is very real, in the sense that they are people with a past. At a time when everyone’s been isolating and watching everything at home on their computers, phones, and TVs - to see something in the dark with other people on the big screen, this is a perfect film to do that.

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KW: There’s a little silver lining that our film’s going to be in a movie theater. How do you feel about “Honest Thief” opening in theaters instead of on-demand?

This is obviously an unconventional time to debut a movie. But once I started going to the bars in Worcester, it came back. I was trying to draw on my growing up in a small town in Northern Mass., but I had trained the accent out of me for years. But when I went back to Worcester to play “Honest Thief,” they wanted a local accent, which was harder than the Kennedys. Edgar” and played Bobby, it was like I was playing a British guy. When I went to NYU, they really trained your dialect out of you, so that you could sound like you’re from anywhere. and New Hampshire, so I had a bit of a townie accent. Edgar” and JFK in “LBJ.” Did you have a Boston accent growing up in Amesbury? Jeffrey, you’ve done a Boston accent - or at least a Kennedy accent - in movies before, playing RFK in “J.
