“Las Vegas always treated us like film stars.” The trailer for The Last Showgirl already tells us which iconic professional group is remembered. To the smoky voice of Miley Cyrus we see a elderly Pamela Anderson, which of her Life on the big stage adopted. She speaks dreamy in the voice-over: “The icon: the American show girl.”
The story of The Last Showgirl was inspired by real events
The film is based on an unpublished play by Kate Gersten. The author was said From the show Jubilee! inspiredwho celebrated her last appearance after more than 30 years in Las Vegas. As the Time Magazine reports, Gersten then developed the story of one old show dancerwhich is stuck in her dazzling past and is forced to confront reality.
Here you can watch the trailer for The Last Showgirl:
The Last Showgirl – Trailer (German) HD
The American show girls were for a long time An integral part of the entertainment industry in Las Vegas. How many others are slowly disappearing from the stage: according to barley Jubilee! As one of the “Last tten and feather shows” denoted the world.
“The role of her life”: Pamela Anderson was immediately enthusiastic about the script
The role of the Shelley (Pamela Anderson) is faced with the end of her career for the first time to seek happiness elsewhere. Although the figure completely fictional is, Pamela Anderson finds clear words for her thoughts when reading the script.
I am the only one who can do that.
It’s not difficult that Parallels between the main actress and her role to recognize. As Sex icon of the nineties Pamela Anderson always saw himself confronted with the same sexism as Shelley. At the same time, like no other, it stands for an almost disappeared World from scandal and glamor. Among other things, this takes up the Pam & Tommy series, which made it into our ranking of the best series 2022.
Incidentally, Pamela Anderson’s manager did not forward the script at all, but canceled without consultation. Anderson’s answer to this was clear: she dismissed your manager and accepted the role.
The Last Showgirl is a story about women told by women
Gia Coppola (the daughter of Francis Ford Coppola’s oldest son Gian-Carlo Coppola) stages her third full-full spilfilm to Palo Alto (2013) and Mainstream (2021) with a mostly female cast: In addition to Pamela Anderson, Jamie Lee Curtis and Brenda Song also await you. The film was released in America in January and received Mixed reviews.
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Until we know more, we can just speculate – in any case, The Last Showgirl is a film based on concentrated women’s power and Real realities of life grabs.