How Pamela Anderson and Liam Neeson Slowly Fell for Each Other: He Was ‘Smitten’ From the Start

THE RUNDOWN

• Pamela Anderson and Liam Neeson are dating now, but they did not begin their romantic relationship until after wrapping their film, The Naked Gun.
• A source spoke about the connection they felt during filming and why they put aside their developing feelings while making the movie.
• The insider also detailed why they are so compatible as a couple.

The Naked Gun’s Pamela Anderson and Liam Neeson had a special connection from the moment they met, but the two single stars were just friends while filming the project. A source spoke to Us Weekly about how their romance began and why they work so well as a couple.

On set, people recognized their attraction to each other. “People did notice, but it also made the film that much better,” the source said. “[Liam] has been intrigued and smitten with her since they started filming and expressed this to her.”

The two stars kept it professional though, the source explained: “Feelings were definitely happening between them, [but] they both felt it was important not to blur any lines during production.” Once the movie wrapped, things changed: “They started spending more time together [and getting] more personal…introducing their children and having dinners. They realized the connection went deeper.”

They have a lot of similarities, the insider noted. “They’re very private people who’ve lived public lives, so there’s a shared understanding there.” Anderson and Neeson are also “incredibly humble” and “have similar personalities and understand each other.”

And their contrasts only add to their bond: “Liam is quiet and introspective, and Pamela brings this fun curiosity that he enjoys,” the source said. “Pamela loves Liam’s dry sense of humor and the fact that he’s such a gentleman. Liam admires how unapologetic Pamela is. She’s not trying to impress anyone…They’re a good match.”

Neeson and Anderson recently spoke about their first impressions of each other.

“Well, you know, we had never met before [filming The Naked Gun], and I remember thinking, ‘Wow, she is gorgeous,’ but she had this wonderful sense of silliness and just humanity about her,” Neeson said on SiriusXM’s Radio Andy with Andy Cohen. “I don’t want to blow her head up, but it was like I just felt an ease with her, you know, and we discovered a silliness with each other, which was terrific, you know?”

Anderson told host Cohen that she “was nervous to meet [Neeson], of course, and you’re always nervous the first day on the set, and it was just easygoing and very silly, which puts you at ease and very silly, on and off.”