The thinking woman's heart throb, Irish award-winning thespian Liam Neeson, has been linked to star in the romantic drama "The Other Man" reports The Irish Film and Television Network.

Based on a short story by Bernard Schlink, Neeson will play a man who discovers his late wife (Juliette Binoche) had a lover for many years of their marriage.

He sets out across England, Germany and Italy to find her lover and in turn reveals the hidden truth.

Director Richard Eyre ("Notes On A Scandal") will helm and co-wrote the screenplay with Charles Wood ("Iris").