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Lily James and Sebastian Stan’s controversial drama Pam & Tommy finds a UK channel
Lily James and Sebastian Stan’s controversial drama Pam & Tommy has officially found a UK channel.
The series, based on the lives of Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee, will premiere as an exclusive on Disney+ Star.
It will join the likes of Ryan Reynolds’ and Rob McElhenney’s Welcome To Wrexham, and the upcoming Kardashian Jenner series.
Lily is starring as Pamela in the upcoming series, with fans left stunned at her incredible transformation – make up team, we bow down to you.
The Mamma Mia 2 actress is completely unrecognisable in the role as she joins forces with Avengers star Sebastian, 38, as Tommy, 58.
Lily, 32, has been spotted donning Pamela’s iconic red Baywatch swimsuit, wandering round in blue velour trackies and posting seductive snaps as she gets into character.
However, while Lily is all in with the role, Pamela, 53, is said to be unimpressed by the series.
‘Pamela has no intention of watching this God awful show, absolutely not. Never,’ a source purportedly told The Sun.
‘She’s never heard of the actors playing her or Tommy, and doesn’t care to know them.’
They added that Pamela and her family ‘think the show is a cheap knockoff’, stating: ‘The whole thing is a joke to them.’
Pamela is said to have declined to be consulted on the production after being contacted by producers.
Her friend Courtney Love has also spoken out against the series, branding it ‘f**king outrageous.’
In a Facebook post, the singer-songwriter recalled what it was like when Pamela and Tommy’s sex tape was stolen and leaked to the public, saying that it ‘destroyed’ her close pal.
Sharing a picture of an article about the show, the 56-year-old wrote: ‘I find this so f***ing outrageous.’
She explained that when the sex tape came out, she was making a record at the time in LA.
Courtney stated that ‘ALL! The staff engineers / producers / owners were watching the sex tape with huge schadenfraude’, adding: ‘It was disgusting. I banned anyone discussing it.’
‘It destroyed my friend Pamela’s life. Utterly,’ she said.
Four days after their first meeting in 1995, Pamela and Tommy wed on a beach in Cancun.
They were married for three years and share two sons together – Brandon Thomas, born in 1996, and Dylan Jagger, born in 1997.
After filming their sexual activities on a videotape during their honeymoon, the tape was stolen from their home and distributed online, an incident that will be portrayed in Pam and Tommy.
Pam and Tommy is due to air later this year on Hulu.
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