Liam Neeson knew he had ‘chemistry' with co-star Pamela Anderson from first meeting

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The Ballymena man also revealed he had 'chemistry from very early on' with co-star Pamela Anderson
LONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 22: Pamela Anderson and Liam Neeson attend "The Naked Gun" UK Premiere at Cineworld Leicester Square on July 22, 2025 in London, England. (Photo by)
Liam Neeson has revealed he asked for his skirt he wears in the new Naked Gun film to be 'shorter' during an interview with 'life-long friend' and co-star Pamela Anderson.
The stars of the upcoming police comedy spoof reboot interviewed one another for People magazine in the lead up to the film's release on the silver screen on August 1.
In the film Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult, Neeson plays the son of Leslie Nielsen's character Frank Drebin in the movie that also stars Baywatch actor Anderson as the female lead Beth.
Credit: YouTube Pamela Andrew and Liam Neeson
The film was directed by Akiva Schaffer, who is also a member of the comedy music group, The Lonely Island.
In an interview with People magazine, the pair quizzed each other on everything from first impressions they had of each other, to advice they gave their children who have also entered the acting industry.
'I thought, oh my God, she is so easy on the eyes,' admitted the Ballymena man of his first impressions of his co-star Anderson.
'I was really taken with your 'there-ness', you were absolutely there. There was no 'hi' I knew we had a chemistry from very early on.
'Yeah, we definitely had a chemistry, right away, I was just curious as to where it was going to take us in the film,' agreed Anderson.
'So, it was really a nice start. But I always feel like I have to get better at just my confidence and getting into a room and thinking, 'Oh no, I can be here. I can be here'.
'But he [Neeson] really put me at ease. Then we were off to the races.'
The promotional trailer for the film shows Neeson in a school-girl uniform – which when questioned by his co-star, the 73-year-old revealed; 'yes, I asked for my skirt to be shorter'.
Liam Neeson in The Naked Gun
'That's very sensitive, Pamela,' joked Neeson.
'Our first week we were in this bank, a real bank that we had access to. Yes, I was dressed in a school uniform. Just another day.
'We rehearsed the fight scenes, a silly fight scene. Yes, I asked for my skirt to be shorter.
'Which surprised me because my legs, I hate showing them. When I was a boxer as a kid, I'd go out, ding ding ding. I thought, 'they are looking at my legs'. Seriously I hated them.'
A follow-up question from Neeson asked what the most 'important piece of advice' she gave her sons, Brandon Thomas Lee and Dylan Jagger Lee, when they entered the film industry.
'I just tell them to think their own original thoughts and not somebody else's thoughts,' she said.
'That there is no perfect way or formula and to do it their way.'
Actors Liam Neeson and Pamela Anderson. Photo: Jens Kalaene/picture alliance via Getty Images)
Liam Neeson as school girl assassin in Naked Gun remake
Neeson also shared some advice he gave his own actor son, Daniel Neeson.
'I have one son in the business. He's an actor, it's 'welcome to the club',' he said.
'It's a very tough profession. If you are lucky to have a physical one-on-one meeting with a potential director, a casting director for a part, and you don't get it, it's not because you're a lesser actor.
'Nor is it because your education at a certain school didn't fit their approval. You occupy space, you breathe air that isn't right for them.
'So, it's rejection, rejection, rejection, to get another audition, two auditions for different jobs. You have to get that mojo back again.'
During the film the pair both have singing parts – something that Neeson said had the crew 'glued' as they watched.
Asking his co-star if she had 'nerves scatting with the jazz band' in the film, Anderson went into some detail about her past in Broadway.
'I love jazz I play saxophone. I have scatted a few times in the past, so when I read the script, I just thought it was meant to be,' said the 58-year-old.
'Who else can do this?' I was in eighth grade [when she scatted for the first time] I was the only one brave enough to do it.
'But I really had fun with it, I loved the scat, it was scripted it wasn't just improv,' she said.
'I remember the reaction on set, everybody was just glued, it was terrific. I was very touched by the song,' replied Neeson, who also sang in the song.