Lily James was ‘a wreck’ after LIVING in character as Pamela Anderson

Lily James says she was “a bull’s eye” and “a real wreck” after living in her role as Pamela Anderson while filming the biographical drama Pam & Tommy.

The 33-year-old actress played the Baywatch star on the show that chronicled the marriage between Pamela and Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee, played by Sebastian Stan.

Screen star Lily says she spoke to her own mother in Pamela’s voice and that the entire time she was filming, she never left her character properly, stressing that the difference between her real self and Pamela is too great.

According to the MirrorLily said, “It was such a messed up process. You just have to be patient with yourself. The hours are so long and you feel really burned out. Your nervous system is like, shot. I felt like a real wreck at the end of it.

“The difference between me and her was too great to go back and forth. So I had to stay in this no man’s land most of the time, like Lily/Pamela. I would totally slip into her voice.

“Even if I went out to dinner and ordered from the waitress or was on the phone with my mom, I’d be American. I think I’ve lost a lot of jobs because I keep speaking like Pamela at every audition.’

Telling the story: The 33-year-old actress played the Baywatch star on the show detailing the marriage between Pamela and Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee (Lily pictured as Pamela on the show)

Lily was nominated in the Lead Actress category at the 2022 Emmy Awards, but was beaten by Amanda Seyfried who won the award for her role as Elizabeth Holmes in The Dropout.

Pam & Tommy tells the story of the sex tape scandal that rocked Pamela and her then-husband Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee (played by Sebastian Stan) during their three-year marriage.

The Downton Abbey star previously told PORTER that it felt ‘liberating’ to play Pamela, but explained, ‘I’ve never worked so hard. i read the books [Anderson] has written, I read her poetry, I can participate in all her interviews.

Lily explained that the makeup and costume took four hours to perfect each day, and came complete with a prosthetic suit.

All stars: Lily starred opposite Sebastian Stan, who played Tommy Lee (pair pictured in series)

She said, ‘Of course there was the physical transformation. Slowly, our incredible team found a balance where I looked like Pamela but also felt like I could get through it.

“I’ve never done anything where I look very different from myself. And I would very much like to continue in this spirit, because I felt that there was something very liberating and liberating in it. Courage came from that. A courage that came from… disappearing.’

Pamela, 54, and Tommy, 59, tied the knot on a beach in Mexico in 1995 after dating for just four days. Pamela’s mother hadn’t even met Tommy then.

The couple would welcome sons Brandon, 25, and Dylan, 24, but they divorced in 1998.

In 2015, Pam told Andy Cohen on Watch What Happens Live that she never took advantage of the sex tape, not even looked at it. She said, ‘I’ve never seen it. I didn’t make a dollar. It was stolen property…

Seeing double: Lily (L) looked like Pamela (R) as she slipped into a busty red swimsuit for the series

“We made a deal to stop all shenanigans. I was seven months pregnant with Dylan and thought it was affecting the pregnancy with the stress and said “I’m not going to court anymore. I’m not getting ripped off by these horny weird lawyer guys. I don’t want to talk about my vagina anymore talking or about my public sex – whatever.”‘

The sex tape was stolen by Rand Gauthier, who is played by Seth Rogen on the show, after Tommy allegedly refused to pay for work he performed on their home.

When Gauthier confronted the musician that he had not paid the $20,000 he owed, Tommy pulled out a gun to chase him away.

Gauthier retaliated by stealing the giant safe that had been in the couple’s garage, which, in addition to the sex tape, mainly housed the drummer’s guns and Pamela’s jewelry.

Earlier this year, Pam claimed that the video wasn’t actually a sex tape, but was just a compilation of footage of them naked on vacation, which happened to include sexual acts.

Uncanny: In the new Disney+ series, Lily and Sebastian play the roles of Pamela and Tommy (Pamela and Tommy pictured in 2005)