Liza Koshy Says Liam Neeson is "a Hoot" Behind the Scenes While Filming 'The Naked Gun' | THR Video - video Dailymotion

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Liza Koshy chats with THR on the red carpet of 'The Naked Gun' premiere in NYC and dishes on her role as a detective. Plus, she reveals what it's like seeing Liam Neeson's comedic side while filming this movie.

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00:00Hello, my love. You look so good. Oh, my God.

00:04You know not to touch my back in 95 degrees. It's wet.

00:07Listen, it's hot.

00:08Zoom in on the people.

00:09Listen.

00:11Yeah, I don't do laser. I like that shit. Peach fuzzy.

00:14Anyways, what's up?

00:15Listen, it's a scorcher. We're going to make it work.

00:18I'm wearing a silk pillowcase.

00:20Listen, it's good. You're making it work.

00:21It's flambon.

00:22I trained myself to say it correctly, not lambent.

00:25Listen, you play a detective in this. Tell me about her.

00:28I mean, this is the most dramatic role I've ever been lucky to have.

00:33It's so dramatic. I'm so serious.

00:35Like, I played pure drama.

00:36I started playing the comedy, which you never play the comedy in a comedy,

00:39but I started being a little funny.

00:41And Akiva Schaefer, our director, came up to me and said,

00:43Hey, you're playing the comedy.

00:45And I was like, You're welcome.

00:46And he said, No, it's a drama. I need you to play a drama.

00:49I need you to be a real detective.

00:50And I said, Coming right up, got it.

00:52So all the comedy is in the background.

00:54All the comedy is in the deadpan, dry delivery.

00:56It's in the wordplay. It's in the puns.

00:57It's in the subtleties, which is why Liam Neeson and Pam Anderson are perfect for these roles,

01:03because they can dial down and dial up their devices.

01:07It's incredible to watch.

01:08Well, I was going to say, because I feel like everyone's used to seeing Liam in all these very stoic roles.

01:13What was it like seeing his comedic side?

01:15I know you say he plays it straight, but did we see a little bit of that behind the scenes?

01:19Ah, no. He's a hoot.

01:20He was pranking me with his assistant.

01:22Her name is Christine Torto.

01:23Puss up. Respect on it.

01:24She's hilarious, and he's hilarious.

01:27And at one point I thought they got into a fight, and he slammed her head into the wall.

01:30But no, she's just a stuntwoman on the side.

01:33It was a prank.

01:33Like, he's a silly little man.

01:35Big man.

01:36He's 6'4".

01:36But he gave so much drama.

01:39I'm so sorry.

01:40My nipper pad just put that there.

01:43Sign of the time.

01:44Now, I need to be naked.

01:45It's the naked gun.

01:46Why was that on me?

01:47Right, right.

01:48It's the naked gun for a reason.

01:49For a reason.

01:50That's why I'm not wearing underwear.

01:50The naked gun under the naked sun.

01:52Sorry I said underwear and not panties.

01:53Panties is a much creepier word, and I should have said panties.

01:55But, no, he's perfect for the role.

01:57And you've got to go do a deep dive on his sketches with Stephen Colbert, where he auditions

02:02to be the Easter Bunny.

02:03Like, that was his audition for naked gun.

02:05It's just stoic, subtle, reeled-in comedy.

02:10It's just brilliant.

02:11It's brilliant dry delivery.

02:12Well, I know that he filmed a save comedy PSA.

02:15Why do you think comedy is maybe struggling as a genre right now, and how are we bringing

02:20it back?

02:20I don't think it's struggling.

02:21I think it's desperately needed, and I think we're giving the people what they need by creating

02:25naked guns.

02:25So, I'm so thankful to Akiva Shafer, Doug Mand, Dan Greger, who wrote this together.

02:30They did Rescue Ranger Chippendales.

02:32They're brilliant writers.

02:33And they cooked up something that's going to have you in bit mode for, like, four hours

02:38after.

02:38You know when you hang with your funny-ass friend, and you're in, like, a bit mode after?

02:42Like, you call your mom right after, and you're starting to make the same jokes, and you're

02:44like, wait, that's not landing.

02:46Yeah, yeah, yeah.

02:46You had to be there.

02:47There's a frequency in which comedy operates, and I'm excited for us as a collective to rise

02:51to that frequency and be, like, bigger guns at each other and being in a childlike state

02:55of wonder and play and, like, messing around with each other.

02:59It's a good time.

03:00Well, I know you play detective in the movie.

03:02When was the last time you played detective in real life?

03:06I need to know about these sleuthing skills.

03:07Girl, every day, any time a man hits on my friend, I'm finding out this man's name

03:13and Google image searching his face.

03:15Yes, I'll reverse search a phone number fast.

03:17I'll pay $7 fee for that.

03:19And I did, last week.

03:20But yeah, no, I'm a detective, so I got to pull from real life experience.

03:23I need that.

03:24I need you in my life.

03:25Who's messing with you?

03:26What's his first name?

03:26Tell you after.

03:27Chris.

03:28I'll find him.

03:28I'll find him.

03:29I'll hunt him down.

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