Lily James felt ‘liberated’ after becoming Pamela Anderson
Lily James says she felt “liberated” playing Pamela Anderson.
The 32-year-old actress portrays the Baywatch star in new miniseries Pam & Tommy coming to Disney+ on February 2 – which focuses on the 1995 leak of the then-couple’s sex tape.
Although she had to undergo a gruelling four-hour physical transformation before filming each day, she found it “freeing” to look so unlike herself.
She said: “And then, of course, there was the physical transformation. Slowly, our incredible team found a balance where I resembled Pamela but also felt like I could act through it.
“I’ve never done anything where I look very different from myself before. And I’d really like to continue in this vein, because I felt there was something very freeing and liberating in it.
“There was a bravery that came from that. A courage that came from… disappearing.”
Lily also insisted it was hard to shake off her character once filming finished at the end of each day.
She told Porter: “It takes a while to let a character like that leave you. In the past, I maybe felt too modest to believe that I might inhabit a role so greatly that it would impact on me, but it really does.
“My therapist said that when her husband watches a rugby match, by the end he’s exhausted – your nervous system doesn’t really know the difference, whether it’s him winning a goal or watching it happen.
