Lily James and Sebastian Stan to play Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee in Hulu series from Craig Gillespie
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I, Tonya director Craig Gillespie is moving on to another big story of celebrity drama, with Deadline saying he’s going to direct a new eight-episode limited series for Hulu about Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee, their high-speed romance, and the guy who stole and leaked their sex tape. Lily James and Sebastian Stan are apparently “on board” to star as Anderson and Lee, making this a reunion for Stan and Gillespie after he played Jeff Gillooly in I, Tonya. Also on board: Seth Rogen, who will reportedly be playing the guy who stole the tape that Anderson and Lee filmed on their honeymoon in 1995, setting off a legal dispute between the couple and the video distribution company that tried releasing it to the public.
Deadline says the movie isn’t just about the sex tape, though, as it will also cover the 96 hours that happened between when Anderson and Lee first met and when they got married. So, taken from that perspective, it might be more of a weird relationship drama about the hardships that a pair of newlyweds face than a big celebrity scandal thing. Either way, Deadline adds that the real Anderson and Lee are not involved in this project, but they are “aware” of it. Luckily, this is a rare movie about a real-life musical artist that shouldn’t really require any licensed music, so not having Tommy Lee’s approval might not be a big deal.
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Who will be playing the penis? That is a character unto itself.
Will they cast Dirk Diggler’s prosthetic penis as Tommy Lee’s lanky dangling dong, which will likely cameo in the sextape?
Speaking of dicks, Kid Rock will reprise his role as Kid Rock.
And Tiny K. R. will play his dick.
I can think of two problems with casting Lily James as Pamela Anderson
And I can think of one big problem with casting Sebastian Stan as Tommy Lee. Stan is Romanian-American and Lee is Greek-American.
They should team up for a Stan Lee biopic.
If I get your implication, is there a big difference in that regard between the Greek and Romanian men? Inquiring minds and all that…
Not really, both Romanian and Greek men mostly have above average, dark, thick dicks.
That’s what I figured. I appreciate you putting my mind at rest.
MUSIC TO MY EARS!!
Hey, both Greece and Romania were part of the Ottoman Empire, so we can call them both post-Ottoman-Americans.
What’s the problem? It’s not like Pam came by them naturally.
My problem with it is that Lily James is adorable, and Pamela Anderson is… Pamela Anderson. I don’t want associate the two for the rest of eternity.
Have they also considered…not doing this?
If they managed to fit the far more interesting story of Tonya Harding into one movie, I can’t imagine why this needs to be an 8-episode series.
As hard as it is to get a TV series shot during the pandemic, they chose to do this? Tommy Lee and Pamela Anderson are glorified garbage.
Fine upstanding people make for excellent television.
That’s why I’m waiting for the They Might Be Giants tell-all biopic.
I mean a lot of people felt the same about Tonya Harding…
You forget the great cinematic masterpiece staring Anderson — 1996’s Barb Wire.
LOL, “hard”.
Are we really this desperate? Who wants to see THIS series? Person-up and admit if you are one of them. Because this is just gross. Who the fuck cares.
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They couldn’t get Machine Gun Kelly back?(That’s not really a joke he was great as Tommy in The Dirt)
He was also pretty good in the little-mourned Roadies.
Totally robbed of an Emmy nom.
Hulu became so disgusted by working with Disney that they had to take the opposite of a shower.
So, are they going to gloss over Tommy Lee’s penchant for hitting women like they did in The Dirt?
It was SUPER strange how The Dirt just didn’t touch that whole relationship, wasn’t it? I’m guessing threats of litigation were involved, especially after the book really went after her.
Frustrated horny gay guy here. Do I get to see the D? Will the D be featured? I could use some D lately. I really could.
You’ll have to keep watch over additional casting announcements to see whether or not Tenacious D are cast in the film, but I could see Jack Black wanting to be part of something like this.
If Sebastian Stan’s ACTUAL D is swingin’ around this show, then I’m there.(Doubtful, as he is a “Disney Player” now…)And I’m a horney gay who could use some D as well 🙂
It’s a legitimate question. All reports say a substantial hammer. I assume they’ll go Boogie Nights on it, if they do.
Lily James is way too good for this.
Goddamnit. Can we just stop with rehashing 1990s/2000s bullshit? If we’re insistent about remakes and reenactments, can we do stories that weren’t already covered wall-to-wall? I’m looking at stupid remakes of Full House, OJ shows, Jordan documentaries, and now a Pam Anderson/Tommy Lee series and I don’t have one series about the Taiping Rebellion, Bass Reeves, or Yasuke. There is a lot more to the world than this nonsense.
they should have expanded the I, Tonya reunion and replaced Lily James with Margot Robbie, she would make a much better Pam Anderson. I assume she costs more than James though.
She might not want to be pegged as “trashy 90s icon girl” after I, Tonya.
Let’s nor forget Brett Michael’s part in the Pamela Anderson sage. Maybe one of the Chrisses can play him?
That was years before the Pam & Tommy escapades, as was Heather Locklear.