Liam Neeson and Pamela Anderson have left us all in total confusion over whether or not they are actually dating, after being hit with romance rumours.
The pair have shared the screen in the new Naked Gun reboot, which is released in cinemas on August 1, but are rumoured to have taken their chemistry off camera.
According to insiders, the Taken actor, 73, and the Baywatch icon, 58, are said to be ‘enjoying each other’s company’ and are clearly ‘smitten’.
Although they have remained coy about the status of their relationship, they did get up close and personal on the set of their new comedy, with writers Dan Gregor and Doug Mand sharing that it was probably the ‘strangest sex scene’ the stars had filmed.
Speaking to Metro at the New York premiere, they shed light on the most absurd thing they asked Liam – who plays the main role of officer Frank Drebin Jr – to do in the role, Dan didn’t hold back.
‘This is a spoiler, but he has a great … very strange love scene that I believe has to be the strangest sex scene of his life,’ he told us.
‘Every day was the strangest thing,’ Doug recalled. ‘Every scene is like, “Liam Neeson is doing this?”’
‘We didn’t even have an intimacy coordinator for that, no one knew how to do it,’ Dan quipped.
Thankfully, there actually was an intimacy coordinator present for the shoot, with one particularly bizarre montage showing Frank and Beth (Pamela) taking their relationship to the next level – where they were joined in the bedroom by a snowman.
Despite the absurd set-up, Liam shared that those moments were actually his favourite to film, adding more fuel to the romance speculation.
In a photoshoot and interview with You Magazine, where they were reportedly ‘all over each other’ the Love Actually star admitted that ‘the sex scenes’ with Pamela were his highlight.
Speaking of the coordinator, he revealed: ‘I’d never had one before. But she was in the background. There was no kind of, “Okay, excuse me!’’’.
‘She knew when to walk away,’ Pamela joked, pretending to be an exasperated intimacy coordinator, throwing her hands in the air and storming off, continuing the bit by adding: ‘”I can’t take this!”’
‘She said, “This is too hot for me. I’m going for coffee,”’ Liam added, while also referring to his co-star’s audition tape as ‘incredibly sexy’ and ‘funny’.
Are Liam Neeson and Pamela Anderson single?
Both have remained publicly single over the last few years, with The Last Showgirl star Pamela stating in September that she was ‘much happier’ on her own, but added that not being in a relationship after five marriages was ‘tough’.
Meanwhile Liam hasn’t seriously dated anyone since his wife, Parent Trap actress Natasha Richardson, tragically died at the age of 45 after sustaining head injuries in a skiing accident in 2009.
What have Pamela Anderson and Liam Neeson said about each other?
During a TV appearance on the Today show, they clearly had some fun with the speculation when host Craig Melvin asked: ‘What’s the deal here? You’re both single right now. There’s clearly chemistry. Are you two an item?’
‘What?! I don’t understand the question,’ Pamela coyly replied while Liam jokingly shook his head.
However, a source shared with People Magazine that they are ‘smitten’, insisting: ‘It’s a budding romance in the early stages.
‘It’s sincere, and it’s clear they’re smitten with each other.’
They added that the stars are ‘enjoying each other’s company’.
‘I’m madly in love with her,’ Liam said of Pamela in a previous interview while promoting the film.
‘With Pamela, first off, I’m madly in love with her. She’s just terrific to work with,’ he said. ‘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.’
Meanwhile Pamela described her castmate as the ‘perfect gentleman’.
‘He brings out the best in you… with respect, kindness and depth of experience. It was an absolute honor to work with him,’ she raved, despite having entered the rehearsal room ‘shaking’ with nerves, intimidated to meet him.
‘Once we got going he’s such a gentleman, he’s such a sweetheart. He’s so giving and generous and we’re very complimentary and supportive. You can’t help but fall in love with Liam.’
Is Pamela Anderson and Liam Neeson’s flirting real?
Fans’ eyebrows are sky-high at this point, with social media flooded with questions over whether they’re the real deal.
‘Are they in love or something?’ asked @kingshagrin. That is the question.
Their overtly flirty interviews could be part of a whole marketing campaign for The Naked Gun, their sequel to slapstick 1980s and 90s comedy of the same name.
In it, Liam plays head of the police squad Frank Drebin Jr who must follow in his father’s footsteps and save the world, with Pamela as ‘femme fatale’ Beth, who goes to the police for help after her brother’s murder.
A previous promotional video for reboot showed them hamming up their off-screen flirtation, very much tongue in cheek.
When asked how they were building chemistry for the role, Liam innocently responded, ‘Nothing out of the ordinary,’ before a clip showed the pair in various romantic settings which were very much out of the ordinary.
He was shown putting his arm around her in front of an ocean sunset, the duo laughed in a fairy-lit restaurant over spaghetti, and danced in the moonlight, even going so far as doing trust falls.
After all these clips played out like a romantic comedy montage, it cut to Pamela sitting next to Liam in the interview setting, as she said: ‘Yeah, just the usual.’
This article was first published on July 21.
The Naked Gun is out on August 1.
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