United Kingdom, June 30 -- Olivia Wilde "owes [her] life" to Walton Goggins after he "saved" her following an on-set accident.

The 42-year-old actress was on horseback for a scene in 2011 sci-fi Western Cowboys and Aliens when she was thrown from her animal and lying in fear of being stampeded, only for her co-star to come to her rescue.

Speaking on the Armchair Expert podcast, she said: "Walt Goggins saved my life on that movie.

"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. And it was like we were leading the charge to fight the aliens or whatever.

"We were at that point, like two months in, and we got real cocky...