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Lily James revealed that she has lost many jobs due to living in character as Pamela Anderson during the intense filming process for her hit show Pam & Tommy.
The 33-year-old actress, who played the Baywatch star on the Hulu series, admitted she was “a bull’s eye” and “a real wreck” after living in her character the entire time.
The star said she even spoke to her own mother in Pamela’s voice and never really left the character during filming, stressing that the difference between her real self and Pamela was too different.
‘Shot to s***’: Lily James revealed she’s lost a lot of jobs due to living in character as Pamela Anderson after filming biographical drama Pam & Tommy
Lily told The Mirror: “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. Afterwards I felt like a real wreck.’
Lily portrayed Pamela’s rocky relationship with Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee, 59, who was played by actor Sebastian Stan, 40, in the series.
‘I felt like a real wreck’: The actress, 33, who played the Baywatch star on the Hulu series, admitted she was ‘shot to death’ and ‘a real wreck’ after being in her hair all the time character lived
The actress admitted that because she’s so different from Pamela, it was “too extreme to go back and forth,” so she continued to play her in real life.
She added: “The difference between me and her was too extreme 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.’
Lily had to spend four hours a day in makeup to turn into the star and admitted it gave her the courage to disappear as someone else.
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 recounts the sex tape scandal that rocked Pamela and her then-husband during their three-year marriage.
The Downton Abbey star previously told PORTER 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.
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)
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.
All stars: Lily starred opposite Sebastian Stan, who played Tommy Lee (pair pictured in series)
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.
“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.
Seeing double: Lily (L) looked like Pamela (R) as she slipped into a busty red swimsuit for the series
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.