Olivia Wilde found it “so fun” getting to grips with all the props on Cowboys & Aliens.

The 27-year-old Hollywood actress portrays Ella Swenson in Jon Favreau’s sci-fi thriller, which sees extra terrestrials try to take over the Wild West.

On the movie set, Olivia used antique guns and also mastered stunts involving spaceships.

“I have tremendous respect for all our props. I thought they were very cool. That was another thing which made the experience so fun,” she gushed to Cover Media.

Olivia’s co-star Harrison Ford, who plays war veteran Woodrow Dolarhyde in the picture, had an equally enjoyable time. The 69-year-old movie icon considered the part to be so unique that he couldn’t resist it.

“I thought it was interesting. It was fun. I didn’t know where it was going as I read along in the script but I was pleased by what I read. I thought it was something different for me to do,” he smiled.

Both stars are big fans of the Western genre, with Harrison landing one of his first big movie roles in The Long Ride Home.

Olivia says her favourite cowboy film is 1969 classic Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. The star never thought she would be lucky enough to land such a powerful part in a Western movie.

“I certainly didn’t think there would be a female role in a Western that was this interesting,” she added.

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House very well could be entering its final season on Fox this year, but that’s still up in the air. Something that isn’t is Olivia Wilde’s limited appearances on the medical drama, and it sounds like her final episode may have been revealed.

Farewell to Olivia Wilde’s Thirteen for good?

House season 8 is set to premiere on October 3, and it looks like Thirteen will only be around for three episodes—depending how much of the premiere is just about House in jail. According to TVLine, the October 17th episode could be the final episode that Olivia Wilde appears in, and a source has called it “a really bittersweet episode.” But could she return if House does end at the end of the season for good? Wilde has become quite the movie star, and it would likely depend on her filming schedule. House season 8 has already brought in two new female doctors—played by Charlyne Yi and Odette Annable—to replace her on the team, and it’s no surprise that Wilde isn’t going to be around for many episodes at all.

How could they be writing Thirteen off this time? Last time, she simply disappeared and when she showed up again, she had been behind bars for helping her sick brother die. Will Huntington’s play a role in her farewell this time around? Since it has been described as “bittersweet,” it looks like perhaps she won’t just pick up and leave and will instead stick around long enough for a goodbye.

Will you continue watching House season 8 after Olivia Wilde leaves?

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“I don’t want to get too specific but I also don’t want to mislead people. I regret losing her, but, again, this was not our choice. Things happened at the end of last season that I wasn’t happy about and I hadn’t planned for. But I want to say we’re very happy with [the coming season]. This has turned out to be a real opportunity. We’re really doing some cool stuff at the start of the season and it’s pumped some fresh blood into the show — not that we needed it.”

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Do you think the show will be as strong without the presence of Thirteen again?

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Wilde‘s star is definitely rising, with positive reviews in last year’s hit Tron: Legacy and no fewer than four new films due out in 2011. Director Stone is however also looking at other names for the female lead in this adaptation of the Don Winslow novel, and there are certainly a whole host of up and coming young actresses who could successfully take on this kind of role.

Another name Deadline are adding in to the mix? Taylor Kitsch, who was on last year’s The Hollywood Reporter “New A-List” list, but an actor that we suggested still needed to prove he had the potential for the A List. This role, as one of the two pot growers (played by Kitsch and Johnson) who are forced against their will to work for a Mexican drug cartel when their shared girlfriend O is held for ransom, could be the one to take him from his forgettable role in X:Men: Wolverine to one in which he begins to prove his leading man potential.

Production for Savages is due to begin this summer, with a script from Shane Salerno and author Winslow.

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