IT WAS a case of friends reunited for Liam Neeson on the set of The Ballad of Buster Scruggs after he came face-to-face with a horse he claims recognised him from a previous project.
The new film from the Coen Brothers is due to arrive on Netflix on November 16th and boasts an all-star cast that includes Brendan Gleeson and James Franco.
However, the only co-star Neeson wanted to talk about at the New York Film Festival screening of The Ballad of Buster Scruggs was a hooved one.
"I play a traveling impresario. We filmed in New Mexico. The odd thing is the horse who pulls my wagon knew me," the actor told Page Six's Cindy Adams.
"You won't believe it. I'm saying this horse knew me. He actually remembered me from another Western we made a while back."
"I love animals. When we worked together before I took special care of him. I fed him treats. Gave him apples," he added.
According to Neeson, he was instantly aware that the pair had some shared history after the horse "whinnied" when it saw him.
The Irishman also noted that the horse "pawed the ground" which is apparently a sign of some sort of kinship.
He wasn't able to specify which film he may have collaborated with the horse on though A Million Ways To Die In The West and Seraphim Falls are the current frontrunners.
Neeson plays a "travelling impresario" in The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, which is a western anthology combining six distinctly different stories set in the Wild West.
Based on a series of short stories written by the Coens over the past 25 years, the film will enjoy a short theatrical run before arriving on Netflix.
Neeson is set for a busy end to the year with another film, Steve McQueen's Widows, due to arrive before the end of 2018.
The Taken star is playing the deceased partner of Viola Davis, who dies during a robbery gone wrong and leaves his wife to pick up the pieces and pay off his debts, by any means necessary.
