Pamela Anderson and Liam Neeson aren’t just playing lovers in their new movie, they’re apparently a couple in real-life.

The two actors had to step out of their comfort zones to film scenes for the reboot of the spoof-comedy franchise, and Anderson says Neeson supported her along the way.

“Because we’re all fucked. And we need a few giggles,” he told Variety Monday at the movie’s New York City premiere. He delivered the line in the deadpan style of his on-screen persona, Frank Drebin Jr., the biological (and spiritual) heir to Leslie Nielsen’s iconic police lieutenant. The character last graced the big screen in 1994.