Constructing the ominous tree creature that helps 12-year-old Conor (Lewis MacDougall) cope while his mother (Felicity Jones) battles an illness in A Monster Calls was an exercise in patience.

But Neeson was always his choice for the Monster: “You start to think about how we can present the years of wisdom that an English tree would have, and Liam has a beautiful voice and soul that ...

In “A Monster Calls,” an English boy (Lewis MacDougall) addresses his many problems by imagining he’s hearing stories told by a giant tree (voice of Liam Neeson). | FOCUS FEATURES Share Even ...

The comedy duo Key and Peele might still be waiting for Liam Neeson and Bruce Willis to join heroic forces in an action movie, but for now, Liam Neeson as a heartbreaking tree monster will do.