Jamie Lee Curtis Wanted to Be in ‘The Last Showgirl’ So She Could Work With Pamela Anderson
variety.comMarc Malkin Senior Editor, Culture and Events Spoiler Alert: This story contains details about specific scenes in “The Last Showgirl.” Jamie Lee Curtis didn’t hesitate when director Gia Coppola asked her to be in her drama, “The Last Showgirl.” “The truth is I wanted to be in this because it was called ‘The Last Showgirl’ and Pamela Anderson was going to play the last showgirl,” Curtis said during a Brian Tyree Henry-moderated post-screening Q&A of the Roadside Attractions film at CAA in Los Angeles on Saturday night.
The movie tells the story of Shelly, a 57-year-old Vegas showgirl who has been in the same Las Vegas show for decades. The movie unfolds as Shelly and the rest of the dancers are told that the new owners of the casino are closing the show.
Curtis plays Annette, a former showgirl with a drinking and gambling problem struggling to survive as a casino cocktail waitress.
Asked how she prepared for the part, Curtis cracked, “I got a spray tan. I had never gotten a spray tan. I’ve never done it.
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