{"id":2480760,"date":"2026-06-29T17:35:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T17:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2480760"},"modified":"2026-06-29T17:35:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T17:35:09","slug":"olivia-wilde-says-walton-goggins-saved-her-life-after-very-bad-horse-accident-on-cowboys-aliens-set","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/olivia-wilde-says-walton-goggins-saved-her-life-after-very-bad-horse-accident-on-cowboys-aliens-set\/","title":{"rendered":"Olivia Wilde says Walton Goggins saved her life after &#8216;very bad horse accident&#8217; on \u201cCowboys &#038; Aliens\u201d set"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\">Key Points<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"mb-4\">\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Olivia Wilde is sharing a frightening near-death experience.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The actress and director said she nearly died on the set of <em>Cowboys &amp; Aliens<\/em> but that Walton Goggins saved her life.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;He&#8217;s a real-life hero,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Hold your horses! <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/person\/olivia-wilde\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Olivia Wilde;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Olivia Wilde&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Olivia Wilde<\/a> is remembering the time <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/person\/walton-goggins\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Walton Goggins;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Walton Goggins&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Walton Goggins<\/a> saved her life on the set of<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/cowboys-aliens\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Cowboys &amp; Aliens;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Cowboys &amp;amp&quot;}\" class=\"link \"><em> Cowboys &amp; Aliens<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">During a recent visit to the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tJhB3Qgb3E0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Armchair Expert;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Armchair Expert&quot;}\" class=\"link \"><em>Armchair Expert<\/em><\/a> podcast, the 42-year-old <em>Invite<\/em> director revealed that Goggins, 54, prevented her from getting trampled after she was unexpectedly bucked off her horse while shooting the 2011 space Western.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cWalt Goggins saved my life on that movie,\u201d she told host <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/person\/dax-shepard\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Dax Shepard;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Dax Shepard&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Dax Shepard<\/a>. \u201cHe did. I had a very bad horse accident, and he saved me.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-primary p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-primary\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" class=\"flex-none size-4 -scale-x-100 text-primary lg:size-6 [&amp;_path]:fill-current\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M3.1 3.1V11h1.8V6.314l5.392 5.393 1.415-1.414L6.313 4.9H11V3.1zm17.8 17.8V13h-1.8v4.686l-5.393-5.393-1.415 1.414 5.393 5.393H13v1.8z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-primary hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p><i>Wilde in &#8216;Cowboys &amp; Aliens&#8217;<br \/>Credit: Universal<\/i><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Wilde, a lifelong equestrian, explained that the incident occurred two months into filming the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/person\/jon-favreau\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Jon Favreau;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Jon Favreau&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Jon Favreau<\/a>-directed project.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cIt was me and Daniel Craig and Harrison Ford galloping, like, full sprint across the desert with 40 horses behind us,\u201d she recalled. \u201cAnd it was like we were leading the charge to fight the aliens or whatever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">As they sped forward, Wilde spotted a \u201clarge ditch\u201d in front of her and knew in an instant that her horse was going to try to leap over it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cSo sure enough, this horse jumps and bucks me off in the craziest way,\u201d she said. \u201cI fell off. I hit my head and my back, and I was laying [on the ground] but, unfortunately, I was on the other side of this kind of lip of dirt, meaning that all horses behind couldn&#8217;t see me. And there was also a lot of dust.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong><em>Get your daily dose of entertainment news, celebrity updates, and what to watch with\u00a0our\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/ew-dispatch-newsletter-11812417\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:EW Dispatch newsletter;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;EW Dispatch newsletter&quot;}\" class=\"link \"><strong><em>EW Dispatch newsletter<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In that moment, Wilde recognized that she was likely going to die. \u201cI remember having my ear to the ground and I could hear it and it sounded like thunder, like they were coming towards me,\u201d she continued. \u201cAnd I had the thought \u2014 it sounds so dramatic \u2014\u00a0but I thought, it&#8217;ll be quick. It&#8217;ll be like, pulverized applesauce. Out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">It was as she was \u201cwaiting for it to happen\u201d that Goggins spotted her fall and shielded her from harm.\u00a0\u201cWalt Goggins had seen it ahead of him and in a split second thought to turn his horse sideways right in front of me and let everyone kind of bash into him,\u201d Wilde said. \u201cAnd he&#8217;s a great rider, so he was able to handle that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The other riders, in turn, noticed Goggins\u2019 strange maneuver and navigated around him. \u201cPeople split the two sides around us thinking he had just gone insane, but he was protecting my body on the ground,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Wilde added, \u201cAnd so I owe him my life. It&#8217;s crazy. He&#8217;s a real-life hero.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Based on the graphic novel of the same name, <em>Cowboys &amp; Aliens<\/em> follows an unlikely trio of individuals \u2014\u00a0played by Ford, Craig, and Wilde \u2014\u00a0as they work together to save a group of townsfolk after they get abducted by aliens. The film also starred Sam Rockwell, Paul Dano, Clancy Brown, and Wyatt Russell.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Even with her frightening near-death experience, Wilde described working on<em> Cowboys &amp; Aliens<\/em> as \u201cthe most fun I\u2019ve ever had\u201d on the set of a film.\u00a0\u201cIt was like riding horses with Han Solo,\u201d she said. \u201cIt was literally Harrison Ford and Daniel Craig and me and Sam Rockwell, who became one of my best friends.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Listen to Wilde discuss the accident in the clip above.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the original article on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/olivia-wilde-says-walton-goggins-saved-her-life-after-very-bad-horse-accident-12008440\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Entertainment Weekly;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Entertainment Weekly&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Entertainment Weekly<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key Points Olivia Wilde is sharing a frightening near-death experience. The actress and director said she nearly died on the set of Cowboys &amp; Aliens but that Walton Goggins saved her life. &#8220;He&#8217;s a real-life hero,&#8221; she said. Hold your horses! Olivia Wilde is remembering the time Walton Goggins saved her life on the set [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2480761,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[394267,315331,347085,488359,359444,348232],"class_list":["post-2480760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-cowboys-aliens","tag-daniel-craig","tag-harrison-ford","tag-horse-jumps","tag-olivia-wilde","tag-walton-goggins"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Olivia-Wilde-says-Walton-Goggins-saved-her-life-after-very.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2480760","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2480760"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2480760\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2480762,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2480760\/revisions\/2480762"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2480761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2480760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2480760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2480760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}