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THE PAIR'S UNEXPECTED SPARK TURNS UP THE HEAT IN THE NAKED GUN REBOOT

- Jennie Noonan

Fresh-faced in a purple strapless custom Rodarte dress, Pamela Anderson planted a kiss on her dapper costar Liam Neeson at the UK premiere of The Naked Gun on July 22.

The affectionate move fuelled talk that the pair were more than just pals after filming the Akiva Schaffer-directed reboot-sequel of the 1988 comedy starring the late Leslie Nielsen.

"I thought, 'Oh my God, she is so easy on the eyes,'" Neeson, 73, told Anderson, 58, of his first impression of her during a joint interview with People magazine in July. "I was really taken with your 'thereness'. You were absolutely 'there'. I knew we had kind of a chemistry from very early on." Anderson agreed, saying, "Yeah, we definitely had chemistry right away ... You really put me at ease. Then we were off to the races."

The movie was shot on location in Atlanta, where Neeson has said Anderson baked him sourdough bread and cookies while they were filming. "I was aware of who Pamela is. I never watched