Pamela Anderson CallsNaked GunCostar Liam Neeson a 'Gentleman': He 'Sincerely Looked After Me' (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

Pamela Anderson (left, in 2023) and Liam Neeson (right, in 2023) costar in ‘The Naked Gun.'.Photo:Antoine Flament/Getty Images for Isabel Marant; Kate Green/Getty

Antoine Flament/Getty Images for Isabel Marant; Kate Green/Getty

The Naked GuncostarsLiam NeesonandPamela Andersondeveloped a mutual admiration on the set of the movie.

Neeson, 72, and Anderson, 57, filmed the upcoming reboot of the fan-favorite Leslie Nielsen cop comedy earlier this year and each came away impressed.

“With Pamela, first off, I’m madly in love with her. She’s just terrific to work with,” Neeson says in the new issue of PEOPLE. “I can’t compliment her enough, I’ll be honest with you. No huge ego. She just comes in to do the work. She’s funny and so easy to work with. She’s going to be terrific in the film.”

Anderson plays a “femme fatale” opposite Neeson, who stars as Frank Drebin Jr., presumably the son of Nielsen’s character Frank Drebin. And while the Oscar-nominated actor praises Anderson’s work, he’s less sure of his own comedy skills as the lead.

Liam Neeson on the cover of PEOPLE.

“Whether I can carry it or not, I honestly don’t know,” he says.

Anderson disagrees. “It was hard to keep a straight face in scenes together,” she says, calling the actor “humble.”

Neeson is also “the perfect gentleman,” says Anderson. “He brings out the best in you… with respect, kindness and depth of experience. It was an absolute honor to work with him.”

Anderson says Neeson “sincerely looked after me — wrapped his coat around me when I was cold.” She, in turn, made him bread and cookies and left them for him in his dressing room.

Pamela Anderson on Oct. 5.Andreas Rentz/Getty

Andreas Rentz/Getty

Ahead of his turn to comedy, Neeson, who became an action star in midlife thanks to the 2009 movieTaken, continues to kick butt a bit morebefore his planned retirement from the genre in 2025.

Liam Neeson in ‘Absolution.'.Courtesy of Samuel Goldwyn Films

Courtesy of Samuel Goldwyn Films

In his new movieAbsolution, he plays a former boxer and low-level criminal who’s diagnosed with CTE. As he grapples with his new reality, he hopes to make amends with his estranged daughter — and releases his aggression on some bad dudes.

Absolutionis in theaters Nov. 1.

For more on Liam Neeson, pick up the new issue of PEOPLE.

source: people.com