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This is FRESH air.
I'm Tonya Moseley, and my guest today is Pamela Anderson.
She stars in the new film the Last Showgirl, where she plays Shelley, a veteran performer from Las Vegas who learns that her show is shutting down after a 30 year run.
At 57, Shelley must grapple with the sacrifices she's made in her personal life for the benefit of her career, including her relationship with her daughter, played by Billie Lourd.
The Last Showgirl was directed by Gia Coppola and also stars Jamie Lee Curtis, who is almost unrecognizable as a former showgirl and Shelley's best friend.
Pamela Anderson became a pop culture phenomenon in the 1980s and 90s.
The blockbuster television series Baywatch made her a household name, and the show itself was at one time the most watched series in the world, with over a billion viewers each week, making Anderson the highest paid actress on television at the time.
International distributors of the show even enacted a Pamela clause in their contracts, agreeing to purchase only episodes that she was in.
But throughout the 2000s, Anderson struggled to make a name for herself outside of that 90s Persona until the opportunity for reinvention came with her Broadway debut in 2022 as Roxie Hart in Chicago and the Netflix documentary A Love Story, which is a tender and intimate portrait of her life produced by her son, Brandon.
Pamela Anderson, welcome to FRESH air.
It is such a pleasure to have you here.
Well, thank you.
It's lovely to be here.
You know, Pamela, I'm so fascinated by your journey over the last few years because before this role in the Last Showgirl was presented to you, I read that you had all but moved on from Hollywood.
You actually looked at this script, though, and you said, I'm the only one that can do this.
What was it about this script that made you just know?