Liam Neeson has joked his favourite part of The Naked Gun was filming "the sex scenes" with Pamela Anderson.
The 73-year-old actor stars as Frank Drebin Jr. opposite Anderson as nightclub singer Beth in the upcoming comedy reboot, and Neeson has now teased he particularly enjoyed shooting their love scenes, which were made with the help of an intimacy coordinator.
The Sun newspaper reports Liam joked the best bit of the shoot was "the sex scenes", and he added of the intimacy coordinator: "I’d never had one before.
"But she was in the background. There was no kind of: ‘Ok! Excuse me!‘"
The publication goes on to report Liam claimed the intimacy coordinator threw her hands in the air and exclaimed: "I can’t take this! This is too hot for me. I’m going for coffee."
In The Naked Gun - which is a new take on the original Leslie Nielsen 1988 comedy movie - Detective Frank Drebin Jr. (Neeson) takes on his first big case, determined to solve a high-profile murder and save the police department from closure.
Following in his father’s hilariously clumsy footsteps, he stumbles through outrageous situations while trying to solve the mystery.
Neeson recently said he didn’t want to “emulate” Nielsen in the new film, which was directed by Akiva Schaffer and hits screens on 1 August.
He told Empire magazine: “I wouldn't say nerve-wracking, but every day I would go up to Akiva after we wrapped and say, ‘How was it?’ Because I just didn't know.
“I did not want to emulate the wonderful Leslie Nielsen, but the only thing I grabbed from him, was, ‘Be serious. Don't try to be funny. Just stick to being a serious cop who is a bit of a doofus.’”
The Taken actor also admitted he wasn’t sure if he was funny enough for The Naked Gun - which also stars Paul Walter Hauser and Danny Huston.
Speaking with Entertainment Weekly, Neeson said: “During the whole shoot - I’m being very honest - I still did not know, when we wrapped at the end of each working day, whether it was working for me.
“Pamela, Paul, Danny, everybody else, I thought, were very funny. I just couldn't put a verdict on myself, on my own performance.
“I'd always ask Akiva, ‘Are you sure it's working?' That continued from day one till we finished.’”
