LIAM NEESON is famous for his role as the vengeful but hard-as-nails father of a kidnapped girl in the film Taken. Yet the star cried as he was treated for painful cramps.

The actor, who hit international esteem for his role as Oskar Schindler in Spielberg’s Schindler’s lift, was plagued with intense night cramps in the past, he revealed in a Radio 5 interview. The pain of them was so agonising that he sought help from a therapist and in the end, was given a simple dietary solution

The multiple academy award nominee told Holmes “motion is lotion”, according to the This Morning host.

But when it came to his own night cramps, the star needed the friendly hand of a massage therapist.

“I was getting shooting pains in my leg, cramps in the middle of the night,” he told Radio five.

The actor, who hit international esteem for his role as Oskar Schindler in Spielberg’s Schindler’s lift, was plagued with intense night cramps in the past, he revealed in a Radio 5 interview. The pain of them was so agonising that he sought help from a therapist and in the end, was given a simple dietary solution.

The multiple academy award nominee told Holmes “motion is lotion”, according to the This Morning host.

But when it came to his own night cramps, the star needed the friendly hand of a massage therapist.

“I was getting shooting pains in my leg, cramps in the middle of the night,” he told Radio five.

Liam Neeson suffered from night cramps and needed a massage therapist (Image: Getty)

“A friend of mine set me up with this massage therapist who does all the dancers on Broadway and he worked on me.

“The pain made me cry it was agonising as he got rid of lactic acid crystals in my leg and afterwards.”

A muscle cramp is when your muscles contract suddenly and involuntarily.Most of the time they’re harmless, explains the Mayo Clinic.