Pamela Anderson Never Read Lily James’ Note About ‘Pam & Tommy’

previous Lily James made into a Hulu movie Pam & Tommy limited series, he is keen to deliver Pamela Anderson “handwritten” letter for advice – which is still unopened.

“It was quite painful at first,” he said Baywatch alum, 55, told The New York Times in the profile published on January 13, which is noting that he is not interested in watching the Emmy-nominated program or speaking with the English native, 33, about his portrayal. “It’s like one of those things where you go, ‘Really?’ Are people still working on that?”

At Miss Mia! Here we go again the actress starred opposite Sebastian Stan at Pam & Tommy, which premiered in February 2022, about Anderson’s whirlwind marriage to a rocker Tommy Lee and leaked sex tapes. A home video of the couple’s intimate moments had been stolen from their Malibu, California home in 1995, which quickly went viral on the newly launched Internet. Series – also starring Seth Rogan – recounts Anderson and Lee’s efforts to stop the release of the video.

James – who earned a 2023 Golden Globe nomination for her role – underwent a physical transformation to match Anderson’s appearance with blonde hair and prosthetic breasts. He was also eager to receive the Playboy model’s stamp of approval before the shoot.

“I really hope that he will participate. I wish it would have been different,” he said Cinderella star to Net-a-Porter’s Porter in January 2022. “My only intention is to take care of the story and play Pamela authentically.”

James continued that time: “I have never worked hard. I read books [that Pamela] has been written, I read her poetry, I can parrot together for all her interviews. … Slowly, our incredible team found the balance of looking like Pamela but also feeling like they could act. I had never done anything that looked so different to me before. There is courage that comes from that. Courage comes from being lost.”

Native Canadians haven’t watched it Pam & Tommy – the showrunners Robert Seal and DV DeVincent adapted from Amanda Chicago Lewis 2014 The stone is rolling articles and memoirs of the 60-year-old drummer himself, Tommyland – but is finally ready to show his side in the eponymous documentary for Netflix.

“The Hulu series played a big role in Pam deciding to share her story,” a source said Us Weekly earlier this month from Pamela, Love Storywhich will premiere on January 31. “He hated how sensationalized this story was and wanted to be able to tell him from the beginning.”

Anderson – who shares sons Brandon and Dylan with the Mötley Crüe artist – is set to discuss Pam & Tommy and the sex tape scandal in her doc, which Brandon, 26, coproduced.

“I blocked the tape that was stolen out of my life to survive,” Ing Barb wire the actress said in the January trailer for Pamela, Love Story. “Now it’s all coming back, I feel sick. I want to control the narrative for the first time. … I put myself in a crazy situation and I survived it. I don’t care what people think because it’s the only choice I have. If I care about other people, I won’t be here.