Naomi Watts and Liev Schreiber are making a movie together: great idea or uh oh?

These are photos of Naomi Watts and Liev Schreiber, one of my favorite couples, on The Coney Island boardwalk in Brooklyn, NY doing scenes for their film, The Bleeder. I guess we know now why Liev is sporting that goofy horseshoe mustache. The Bleeder is based on the true story of heavyweight boxer Chuck Wepner, who went 15 rounds against Muhammad Ali in 1975. The movie Rocky is said to be loosely based on Wepner. Liev is playing Wepner and I’m assuming Naomi plays his love interest or wife.

I just love to see Naomi Watts and Liev Schreiber together, particularly on set. Her trashy red wig and costume are giving me vibes of her St. Vincent character, in which she played a Russian prostitute. (If you haven’t seen that film, with Bill Murray and Melissa McCarthy, check it out, it’s a gem.) Naomi tramps up nicely. I checked out the director and screenwriters for this film and they’re relatively unproven, at least I’ve never heard of their work. I hope The Bleeder is decent so that it doesn’t become their Gigli or By The Sea, but I guess the stakes are not as high for Liev and Naomi. They’re both excellent character actors who work steadily. Whether this movie is lousy, middling or excellent I don’t think they’ll be affected much.

If you’re looking for a new show to watch and have Showtime on demand, check out Liev in Ray Donovan, it’s one of my favorites. He’s also in the new film, Spotlight, about a group of journalists in Boston who investigated the pedophile priest coverup in the Catholic Church. Kaiser just saw it and she said it’s excellent.

Ooh and there’s a photo of them kissing too! You can see that on People. Damn.

Update: Thanks to KB and all of you who pointed out that these two starred in The Painted Veil together, early in their relationship. There was confusion as to whether they met on set but Liev said that Naomi got him the job.

photo credit: FameFlynet, WENN.com and Naomi Watts/Instagram

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