Summary
- Pamela Anderson leads an all-star cast in the upcoming drama film The Last Showgirl, receiving praise from director Gia Coppola for her daring and heartfelt performance.
- Anderson’s recent documentary Pamela, a Love Story was critically acclaimed and nominated for two Emmy Awards, shedding light on her childhood, career, and marriage to Tommy Lee.
- The Last Showgirl is a dream project for the producers.
Pamela Anderson, Jamie Lee Curtis, Dave Bautista, Brenda Song, Kiernan Shipka, and Billie Lourd are starring in Gia Coppola’s The Last Showgirl. The upcoming drama follows a seasoned showgirl who must plan for her future when her show abruptly closes after a 30-year run. As a dancer in her fifties, she struggles with what to do next. As a mother, she strives to repair a strained relationship with her daughter, who often took a backseat to her showgirl family. Anderson, who portrays the film’s titular character, received praise from the film’s director. Coppola told Deadline:
“I’ve always wanted to make a movie in Vegas. I’m so proud of our cast and crew, especially Pamela. I can’t wait to share her daring and heartfelt performance!”
After last year’s Pamela, a Love Story, Anderson has been back in the spotlight. Directed by Ryan White and produced by her son Brandon Lee, the critically acclaimed documentary features commentary and reflections from the former Baywatch actress on her childhood and young adulthood, her career, and her tumultuous marriage to Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee. The Netflix documentary was nominated for two Emmy Awards: Best Documentary or Nonfiction Special and Best Documentary Music Composition.
The Last Showgirl is written by Kate Gersten with Robert Schwartzman and Natalie Farrey producing. Pinky Promise’s Jesse Burgum and Kara Durrett executive produce. Schwartzman said:
“Dream project, dream cast. We couldn’t be more honored and appreciative of the chance to tell an authentic Las Vegas story that pays homage to the iconic Showgirl, told through Gia’s unique sense of style and visual storytelling.”
Just as news about the film’s all-star cast began to circulate, Coppola shared (via Instagram) that filming had wrapped.
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The Team Behind The Last Showgirl
Coppola, who is the granddaughter of prolific filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola, has directed several music videos, shorts, and served as a co-director for 2022’s The Seven Faces of Jane, which reunited Community co-stars Gillian Jacobs and Joel McHale. Coppola’s solo-directed features are 2013’s Palo Alto (based on James Franco’s short story collection of the same name) and 2020’s Mainstream, starring Andrew Garfield and Maya Hawke.
As the last scenes in Pamela, a Love Story show, Anderson portrayed Roxie Hart during an eight-week limited run for Chicago in 2022. During her performances, the actress was met with standing ovations from audiences. Before her run as Roxie Hart, Anderson told CNN that she felt the Broadway casting “might be the beginning of something really interesting for me.”
Anderson hosts HGTV’s Pamela’s Garden of Eden, now in its second season. The show details her efforts to renovate her grandmother’s home on Vancouver Island.
Curtis, who earned an Academy Award last year for her work on Everything Everywhere All At Once, last appeared in The Bear and Disney’s Haunted Mansion. Lourd returned to American Horror Story for its latest season, while Shipka also worked in the horror genre, leading Prime Video’s Totally Killer. Bautista, who will return as Glossu ‘Beast’ Rabban for the anticipated Dune 2, last served as the voice of the Parakeet King for the English version of Hayao Miyazaki’s The Boy and the Heron, while Song lent her voice to Chibiverse.
