Olivia Wilde, the acclaimed actress and filmmaker, recalls Walton Goggins saving her from being stomped to death by horses in 2011 while shooting ‘Cowboys & Aliens.’ The 42-year-old shared that a horse jumped into the ditch, bucking her off “in the craziest way.” Coming to the rescue, the ‘Predators’ actor saw the accident and turned sideways in front of her so other animals would bash into him and not the actress.Here’s a closer look at Olivia Wilde recalling Walton Goggins saving her from a dangerous accident.
Olivia Wilde remembers the intense action and the accident
Olivia Wilde shares a deadly incident that could have cost her life, on the set of Jon Favreau’s 2011 Western action movie. “Walt Goggins saved my life on that movie,” the ‘Don’t Worry Darling’ filmmaker said, before adding, “He did. I had a very bad horse accident, and he saved me. It was me and Daniel Craig and Harrison Ford galloping, like, full sprint across the desert with 40 horses behind us.”As the camera rolled, the horse jumped into a large ditch, which caused the actress to lose her balance and be thrown off. “I fell off. I hit my head and my back, and I was lying [on the ground], but, unfortunately, I was on the other side of this kind of lip of dirt, meaning that all the horses behind couldn’t see me,” she said, her ears touching the ground as she listened to the herd coming at her with full force. “It sounded like thunder, like they were coming towards me. And I had the thought — it sounds so dramatic — but I thought, it’ll be quick. It’ll be like, pulverised applesauce. Out,” the ‘Booksmart’ director quipped.
Olivia Wilde shares the brave act by Walton Goggins
Walton Goggins, who is an experienced rider, came to the rescue and protected the actress on the ground. “Walt Goggins had seen [me] 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,” Wilde continued about ‘The White Lotus’ star, whom she refers to as ‘Walt.’ While he stood in the front, the horses had to split into two sides.Concluding the dangerous incident, she expressed her gratitude to the ‘Fallout’ star, “People split the two sides around us thinking he had just gone insane, but he was protecting my body on the ground. And so I owe him my life. It’s crazy. He’s a real-life hero.”As for Olivia Wilde’s latest project, her directorial film, ‘The Invite,’ recently hit theatres on June 26, 2026.
