Overview
- Olivia Wilde told Dax Shepard’s Armchair Expert podcast that Walton Goggins turned his horse to shield her after she was thrown from her mount during a mass riding sequence, a story widely reported by entertainment outlets.
- Wilde described falling during a full-speed take with Daniel Craig and Harrison Ford, landing behind a lip of dirt so trailing horses could not see her and hearing the approaching animals like thunder.
- She said she was riding in a Western saddle without a helmet for period authenticity, hit her head and back in the fall, and credited Goggins’ split-second maneuver with preventing her being trampled.
- The account was given while Wilde was promoting her new film The Invite and has been republished across multiple outlets; no separate public statement from Goggins was reported in the coverage.
- The episode underscores risks of large-scale practical stunts on film sets and may prompt renewed public attention to on-set safety and protective practices for horse sequences.