Pamela Anderson relished indulging her love of jazz music in The Naked Gun

The Hollywood star - who appears alongside Liam Neeson in the new movie - told People: "I was the scat soloist in eighth grade. I love jazz. I play saxophone, and I have scatted a few times.

"So when I read that in the script I decided it was meant to be. Who else could do this? I think that's how I [decided], 'Maybe I can do this role.'"

Pamela still has fond memories of shooting the scene.

She said: "I love to scat. It was scripted, it wasn't just impromptu. And I still can't get it out of my head. I still can remember the entire thing, singing the jazz."

Earlier this month, meanwhile, Pamela observed that all actors need to show "courage" in their careers.

The movie star actually feels she performs at her best whenever she's "terrified", like when she sang in The Naked Gun.

Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, Pamela explained: "You have to have courage. You have to have courage to be an actor at all. But that's my happy place is when I'm terrified.

"I actually really enjoy singing. I love being on stage ... The feeling is so rewarding because I feel like we repress so much of ourselves, and especially as an artist, and I love to write and journal and write poetry, but performing and working on a movie is another way to express yourself because everything is loaded."

Pamela revealed that she actually leaned on her own life experiences for her Naked Gun performance.

The actress - who rose to international stardom by playing 'C.J.' Parker in Baywatch in the 90s - said: "All the words to that song, I'm thinking of personal experiences in my life, and so I'm able to get it out even in a crazy scene like that. So it's not just spitting out the words, it's performing some of your innermost thoughts."