Liam Neeson has revealed he is ‘madly in love’ with The Naked Gun co-star Pamela Anderson in a gushing interview.
The Taken star, 72, who recently said he is quitting action films, stars alongside the Baywatch icon, 57, in the upcoming reboot – and explained how the pair got on during filming.
He told it People: ‘I am madly in love with Pamela, first and foremost. She’s just great to work with. I can’t compliment her enough, I’ll be honest with you. No big ego. She just comes in to do the work. She is funny and so easy to work with. She will be great in the movie.”
Anderson responded in kind, calling the “humble” Neeson the “perfect gentleman.” He brings out the best in you… with respect, kindness and deep experience. It was an absolute honor to work with him.
“He genuinely cared for me; he would wrap his coat around me when I was cold.” and added that she had made him bread and cookies and left them for him in his dressing room.”
Liam Neeson has revealed he is ‘madly in love’ with The Naked Gun co-star Pamela Anderson in gushing interview
The new film will be based on the popular Naked Gun film franchise and television series Police Squad! starring the late great Leslie Nielsen (pictured in 1988)
Elsewhere, Neeson joked that he “don’t know” where he can play the role originally made famous by Leslie Nielsen.
Paramount Pictures previously announced that The Naked Gun, starring Neeson as the incompetent police officer Frank Drebin, will hit theaters on July 15, 2025.
The script was written by Dan Gregor, Doug Mand and Schaffer, the trio behind the live-action film Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers, which won a 2022 Emmy for outstanding television film at the creative arts Emmys this Sunday.
Akiva Schaffer, who co-wrote the draft screenplay with Gregor and Mand, will act as director and executive producer.
So far, little is known about the story for the reboot, but it’s likely that the famed team of writers will cleverly incorporate the “very specific skills” Neeson acquired while playing his action hero character over the years, including Bryan Mills in the film. Taken Franchise (2008-2014).
Neeson – whose wife Natasha Richardson died in 2009 – previously said of romance: “I’m over all that.”
Neeson and Richardson married in 1994 and welcomed sons, Micheál, 29, and Daniel, 28.
He later dated PR manager Freya St. Johnston from 2010-2012.
He told People : “Pamela, first and foremost, I am madly in love with her. She’s just great to work with. I can’t compliment her enough, I’ll be honest with you. No big ego. She just comes in to do the work. She is funny and so easy to work with. She’s going to be great in the movie.”
The actor’s wife, Natasha Richardson, died in 2009 at the age of 45; pictured in 1999
Speaking to People, Neeson said about romance: ‘I’m over all that’
Neeson and Richardson married in 1994 and welcomed sons, Micheál, 29, and Daniel, 28; pictured in 2008
Before settling down with Richardson, who was 45 at the time of her death, the Oscar-winning star had an illustrious dating list that included Barbra Streisand, Brooke Shields and Helen Mirren.
Liam reflected on meeting Mirren, now 79, on the set of their 1981 film Excalibur during a 2018 episode of The Graham Norton Show.
“I remember being on set and standing next to Ciarán Hinds as Helen walked towards us, dressed in her full Morgana Le Fey costume, and we both said, ‘Oh f***,’” he said. ‘I was defeated. I think Ciarán was too, but I was very much in love!’
The two stars dated for four years and keep in touch occasionally.
Neeson told of a time when they traveled to south-west France: ‘I remember going there with Helen to see a bullfight, which was extraordinary. I really had mixed feelings about that, seeing extraordinary acts of bravery and seeing this horrible death.”
He added: ‘Then we were at the campsite in the Loire Valley. Oh my God, it was beautiful. Helen was a good cook, she cooked on an outdoor fire and everything. Sweet.’
Liam’s eldest son Micheál changed his surname to Richardson in 2018 in honor of his late actress mother.
Micheál starred alongside his father in the 2020 comedy-drama Made In Italy.
Speaking about his son following in his footsteps, the father of two told People: “I think Natasha would be proud. I hope so.’
Daniel was home in New York at the time of the skiing accident that killed mother Natasha, but his brother was with her when she fell and hit her head on the slopes in 2009.
Liam was in Toronto filming.
Before settling down with Richardson, who was 45 at the time of her death, the Oscar-winning star was in a relationship with Helen Mirren; pictured in 1984
Natasha, who appeared in Hollywood films The Parent Trap and Maid In Manhattan, had been taking a beginners ski lesson when the accident occurred.
She was not wearing a helmet at the time and had initially said she felt fine before her condition worsened an hour later at her hotel.
The Tony Award winner was flown to New York, where she died at her hospital bedside with her family two days later.