Neeson returns to red carpet

ACTOR Liam Neeson has walked the red carpet for the first time since the death of his wife, actress Natasha Richardson.

Publicists at the New York City screening of Neeson’s new film Five Minutes of Heaven told the press all personal questions were strictly off-limits.

The Oscar-nominated actor and father of two children with Richardson was asked what his version of heaven would be.

The 57-year-old said it was being with his boys and he was “kind of living it at the moment”.

Richardson died in March after falling during a skiing lesson and suffering a head injury. She was 45.

The film, which also stars James Nesbitt, is a fictionalised version of real events.

It tells the story of 17-year-old UVF member Alistair Little who murdered a 19-year-old Catholic, Jim Griffin, in Lurgan in 1975. The murder was witnessed by Griffin’s 11-year-old brother Joe, played as an adult by Nesbitt, while the role of Little, 30 years on, is played by Neeson.