Forever in our heart: Just now, a 63 years old Comedian and actor, Leslie Nielsen has been confirmed…
Anderson, 56, is set to costar with Liam Neeson in the upcoming reboot of The Naked Gun, PEOPLE can confirm. News first broke in February that Neeson, 71, will star in the film.
The crime-comedy series was famously led by the late Leslie Nielsen, who died at 84 in 2010. Neeson is expected to take over Nielsen’s role as police officer Frank Drebin.
Anderson will play a love interest role similar to Priscilla Presley, who costarred in the series’ three films released between 1988 and 1994. Naked Gun originated as a 1982 television series titled Police Squad! starring Nielsen before adapting into a trilogy of movies. They center around the humorous law enforcement officer Drebin and function as a spoof of American crime films.
Neeson, known best for his roles in dramatic films (Schindler’s List) and dozens of action movies (Taken), admitted in a recent interview with ComingSoon.net that he is “slightly nervous” to prove he can carry a comedy with the upcoming reboot.
“A little Stephen Colbert sketch or Ricky Gervais, I’m okay because it’s short,” he said at the time. “But a whole film, we’ll see. We’ll see.”
