Pamela Anderson He turned the page. After a life spent to atone for the success of its curves exposed on the cover of Playboy or in the red costume of Baywatchthe actress ventured into a drama in The Last Showgirl. The third feature film of Gia Coppolanephew of the director de The godfatherarrives in the Italian halls The April 3distributed by Be Water Movie In collaboration with Jellyfish.
“It was the 18 most intense, tiring and liberating days of my life,” he says ‘Pam’ to journalists, remembering the resumed in las vegas. «I had always been waiting for such a part. Since childhood. But then my career took another direction. Looking back, maybe I should have made different choices, but they need experience and life lived to understand it. Kate Gersten (the screenwriter) e Already they arrived with the right character at the right time », he explains at a press conference a Los Angelesserene and resolved, in a Total white look And without a thread of makeup.
Anderson interpret Shellysoubrette close to sixty years old who has been working in the show for thirty The razzle Dazzleon stage every evening in a Las Vegas theater. Is one of the older ballerinas of the cast: his image stands out on the opuscule of the show, which has become his life, with evening who shattered his private life. “She is a woman vulnerable but strongone fighter. He stopped feeling compelled to apologize to everyone, clings to his balance and looks forward, in his own way, “says Anderson, who was Golden Globe candidate For this role.
After years of hemorrhage of spectatorsi owners of the casino They decide to close the show. Shelly finds himself dealing with therent to payi professional dreams and the choices made in the past. To complicate things, the city returns to the city Daughter (Billie Lourd), aspiring photographer who has just graduated, who does not forgive her Too many absences during childhood.
«We are all survivors. Painful, but tough », reflects Jamie Lee Curtiswho plays the role of AnnexShelly’s best friend. “I took the part to work with Pam,” says Seria. Almost unrecognizable with the breast too on displayi Hair dyed red And kilos of iridescent makeupAnnette was fired from the cast Of The razzle Dazzle And now it is needed to drink between the caravans of a casino. In one of the More touching scenes of the film, dances alone on the notes of Total Eclipse of the Heart.
“We went to visit a playroom To document us, “says Curtis. «Speaking with one of them, I discovered that the waiter not only bring the drinks, but they also perform on small stages during the turn. Already He said to me: ‘TiCCà’. I thought he joked, instead he started the Bonnie Tyler song And without evidence or agreements he made me dance. I was sure he would cut the scene! »Smile the Oscar winner.
Fortunately, he didn’t. There young coppola (he is 37 years old) He does this Small independent movie a Intimate and touching hymn to redemption. When, at the end, a man submits to a audition to judging her for the umpteenth time, Anderson improvised and replied: “I am 57 years old and I’m beautiful, asshole!”.