Lily James feel the weight on her shoulders to do right by Pamela Anderson.
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Changing the channel! Pamela Anderson “won’t be watching” Hulu’s Pam & Tommy — despite the series being about her and ex-husband Tommy Lee, a source exclusively tells Us Weekly.
“She had no involvement whatsoever” in the making of the show, the insider says.
The series stars Lily James as Anderson, 54, and Sebastian Stan as Lee, 59, and will follow the exes’ whirlwind relationship, including when they tied the knot in 1995 after knowing each other for 96 hours. It will also feature the story behind the Baywatch alum and the Mötley Crüe musician’s leaked sex tape.
Earlier this month, James, 32, revealed that she tried to reach out to Anderson to speak with her about the show and get her support — but she didn’t have any luck.
“I was really hopeful that she would be involved. I wish it had been different,” the Downton Abbey alum told Net-a-Porter’s Porter on January 10. “My sole intention was to take care of the story and to play Pamela authentically.”
The Cinderella actress claimed she continued to try and contact the former Playboy model “right up until we started filming,” noting that she’s “never worked so hard” on a project. “I read the books [Anderson] has written, I read her poetry, I can parrot along to all her interviews,” James added.
Anderson, for her part, has been busy with her own commitments, including renovating her Vancouver Island, Canada, estate for an upcoming HGTV Canada series.
The Barb Wire star recently faced personal turmoil, splitting from Dan Hayhurst. Anderson’s rep confirmed to Us on Friday, January 21, that the model is getting divorced after one year of marriage.
The Canada native is the one who ended the relationship, a source exclusively tells Us. “There was no final straw,” the insider says,
Lily James feel the weight on her shoulders to do right by Pamela Anderson.
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.
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.
Pam & Tommy that nearly unrecognizable. The first three episodes of the Hulu original miniseries, which follows the relationship between Pamela Anderson (James) and Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee in the 1990s and the leak of their private sex tape on Wednesday, February 2, and we honestly can't get enough of Lily James as Pamela Anderson in her Baywatch costume. You know, the iconic bright red one-piece bathing suit. The transformation from – who is known for Cinderella (2014) and Mamma Mia Here We Go Again (2018) – into Pamela Anderson was not easy.
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As one of Hollywood’s most on-again, off-again couples, fans have always wondered: Why did Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee divorce? The reason has to do with more than their infamous sex tape.
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Pamela Anderson looked unbothered by her recent marriage troubles while out to dinner with her son, Brandon Lee, at Nobu Malibu on Jan. 24. The former Baywatch star was photographed arriving to the restaurant, wearing a grey romper, which put her legs on full display. She paired the look with heels and a white trucker hat. While waiting by valet parking, Pamela had a big smile on her face while talking to another acquaintance. She got glammed up for the occasion, with her eyes lined in dark liner, as well.
Pamela Anderson‘s sons just want the best for their mom! Following her divorce from Dan Hayhurst, the 54-year-old actress’s sons Brandon, 25, and Dylan Lee, 24, are glad that she’s going to be closer to home to spend more time with her. Sources close to the family revealed to HollywoodLife EXCLUSIVELY that both boys, whom she had with her ex-husband Tommy Lee, just want to see their mom “happy.”
Pamela Anderson and her fifth husband Dan Hayhurst have decided to go their separate ways, now that the actress has reportedly filed for divorce after just 13 months of marriage.Rumors about the breakup started after the Baywatch star was spotted last week in Malibu without her wedding ring, as she had recently moved to Canada with her husband, following a private Christmas Eve ceremony that took place on Vancouver Island on December 2020, where the couple exchanged vows.A close source to the actress has revealed that “Pamela loves as authentically as she lives,” describing the relationship as a “pandemic whirlwind” romance that seems to have come to an end, stating that her new husband was “unkind and unsupportive,” and after getting to know each other better, “Pamela realized Dan is in fact not the one.”“Things are not amicable at all between them at the moment, because she decided they had nothing in common, he didn’t treat her in the way she felt she wanted to be treated,” the source shared.The pair met during the early days of the pandemic and Hayhurst confessed they had been spending a lot of time together, with the actress admitting that their first year together had felt like seven, as they also were a “natural fit” for each other, adding that she was “exactly where I need to be, in the arms of a man who truly loves me.”Now it seems like Pamela has moved from their home in Canada and has returned to California to spend time with her two sons, as it had been reported that her Malibu mansion was on the market and had been rented for $50.000.
Pamela Anderson and her fourth husband, Dan Hayhurst, grew apart while living together during the pandemic, a source tells ET.News broke on Thursday that Anderson and Hayhurst, her former bodyguard, were splitting after one year of marriage. A rep for 54-year-old Anderson confirms the breakup, telling ET in a statement, «Pamela Anderson and Dan Hayhurst are divorcing.
Pamela Anderson is divorcing from her bodyguard husband Dan Hayhurst of a little more than a year and now, a source close to the actress is revealing her feelings about the split. “Pamela got married to Dan for the wrong reasons. She was in lust, not love. And because they were in the middle of a pandemic, he really helped to get her through that dark time,” a source EXCLUSIVELY revealed to HollywoodLife.
WATCH: Pam & Tommy | Official TrailerAccording to Rolling Stone, Pamela has filed for divorce after her “pandemic whirlwind” romance with the Canadian bodyguard came to an end.The pair tied the knot on Christmas Eve in 2020 and have been living on Vancouver Island in Canada for the past year. They began dating several months after Pamela, 54, split from her fourth husband, Hollywood mogul Jon Peters."Pamela loves as authentically as she lives," a source told Rolling Stone of her relationship history and recent break-up.The iconic star is reportedly living back in Miami with her sons, Brandon, 25, and Dylan, 24, who she shares with ex-husband Tommy Lee.Of Pamela Anderson's relationships, her marriage to Tommy Lee is the most infamous.Of course, Pamela's relationship history is well known around the world with the actress and model's dating life regularly making global headlines.
Pamela Anderson is calling it quits with her fifth husband, Dan Hayhurst, after one year of marriage. The "Baywatch" alum, 54, has split from the bodyguard, her rep confirmed to People magazine.The couple had been living in her native Canada since exchanging their nuptials at the star's Vancouver Island home. Anderson was confirmed to be dating Hayhurst just seven months after she split from her ex-husband Jon Peters.