‘Pam & Tommy’ Showrunner Says Talking-Penis Scene Got ‘Gentle Pushback’ From Hulu

Lake Bell is opening up about her experience.

Lake Bell has a personal connection to the new “Pam & Tommy” TV series starring Lily James and Sebastian Stan.

Lily James' transformation into Pamela Anderson for her role in Hulu's "Pam & Tommy" was quite the undertaking, so much so that the actress admits she didn't recognize herself. In a recent interview on James Corden's "Late Late Show," James revealed just what went on behind the scenes in order to resemble the actress and former Playboy model. She recalled slipping into the iconic red swimsuit Anderson donned for "Baywatch" for the first time.

Minor spoilers, ahead. The series, starring and as and Tommy Lee, follows the ‘90s couple's tumultuous relationship and the highly publicized leak of their private sex tape. The series immediately got the Internet's attention back in May 2021, when Hulu released the first images of James and Stan as the actor and Mötley Crüe drummer. “I mean, give the makeup artist who turned Lily James into Pamela Anderson an Emmy already,” one Twitter user at the time, gaining more than 30K likes.

It’s safe to say Pamela Anderson will never be tuning in to see how her infamous past was portrayed in Hulu’s new series Pam & Tommy.

It was one of the most notorious scandals of the 1990s - involving one of the decade’s most famous couples.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeYour eyes aren’t deceiving you. In Episode 2 of Hulu’s “Pam & Tommy,” that indeed is Tommy Lee, played by Sebastian Stan, having a deep, honest conversation with his talking penis — voiced by Jason Mantzoukas.It’s unlike anything that has ever been seen on television. Granted, it’s something that couldn’t have ever been seen on over-the-air television, at least without a hefty FCC fine and the threat of losing a broadcast license.

There’s no shortage of exciting television shows released this February, kicking things off strong with the much-anticipated miniseries “Pam & Tommy” starring Lily James and Sebastian Stan as Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee. The month will see the return of Shonda Rhimes, two series finales, an off-kilter and unexpected comedy series starring Will Arnett, and science fiction miniseries, which look to be the next big shows to dominate the discourse.

infamous 1995 sex tape, premieres Wednesday on Hulu — and it doesn’t take long before s–t gets weird.Lily James and Sebastian Stan star as Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee, the bikini-clad “Baywatch” star and bad-boy Mötley Crüe drummer — recently divorced from Heather Locklear — who meet-cute in an LA club and, four days later, get married on the beach in Mexico.They settle into Lee’s ginormous Malibu estate, which is undergoing major renovations. When Lee — a childish, arrogant jerk who struts around in thong underwear — fires carpenter Rand Gauthier (Seth Rogen) and refuses to pay him the thousands he owes him or return his tool box, Gauthier (an ex-porn actor) steals Lee’s safe from his garage.

Sebastian Stan is sharing the surprising acting advice he was given for Pam & Tommy.

Sebastian Stan and Lily James took filming Pam & Tommy very seriously!

Ahead of the release of Pam and Tommy, which airs on Feb. 2 on Hulu, sources close to Pamela Anderson are revealing EXCLUSIVELY to HollywoodLife how the actress feels about the situation. “Pamela is not a fan of this at all and wanted nothing to do with the project,” our insider revealed. “When she learned that this would be covering the burglary, she was absolutely mortified because that entire episode is something that was very hard for her to deal with when it happened. She said that she is not going to watch ‘Pam & Tommy’ and she does not want her kids to watch it either. She didn’t want money from this – she didn’t want it to be made in the first place and she is not going to respond to it.”

Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee were a 1990s tabloid dream - one was a Playboy pin-up whereas the other was the tattooed bad boy.