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Vancouver moviegoers got quite the surprise recently at the Fifth Avenue Cinemas.
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On Jan. 17, heads were turning and voices were heard saying: “is that …?” as Pamela Anderson walked through the building past the busy concession line and into one of the theatres.
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“She’s gorgeous,” one moviegoer said as he fumbled with his phone trying to a snap a photo of the stunning — and yes, makeup free — Anderson as she walked past him in a grey sweater and matching wide-leg trousers.
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Ladysmith’s Anderson was on hand to launch the Canadian release of the film The Last Show Girl in which she plays Shelly, a 57-year-old Las Vegas showgirl who has just found out the show she has been a part of for 30 years is shuttering. Amid that turmoil she is trying to establish a relationship with the adult daughter (Billie Lourd) she gave up years ago in pursuit of the spotlight.
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Anderson introduced two screenings of the film and then, after each one, sat down with Postmedia for a live interview.
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“I’m really kind of nervous,” said Anderson as she waited at the back of one of theatres to be introduced to the crowd.
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But she had no reason to be as the crowd loved the film and got on their feet and applauded Anderson as she walked down the aisle of the theatre to the front of the stage. The room also rang with “we love Pam,” shouts from the crowd.
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During the interview, Anderson explained that she wanted to be in Vancouver to launch the movie because she is a “West Coast girl.”
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Anderson, who has been nominated for a Golden Globes and SAG awards for her performance and just may get an Academy Award nod on Jan. 23 when the nominations are announced, explained that she never saw this dramatic opportunity coming.
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“I was going to come home after the Broadway and write a book and just do what I love, but I never expected this script,” said Anderson whose recent work has included Roxie Hart in Chicago, a memoir, a cookbook, a reality TV series about renovating her grandparents’ Ladysmith oceanfront property (Pamela’s Garden of Eden) and the Netflix documentary Pamela, a Love Story.
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Speaking of the script, Anderson’s agent at the time passed on it just an hour after receiving it.
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“He’s not my agent anymore,” said Anderson prompting a laugh, one of many she got during the interview.
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Other funny moments included Anderson’s response to the question about being a longtime survivor of Hollywood and any advice she would give to younger actresses.
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“I’m the last person who should give advice,” said Anderson pausing after for the laugh. “Seriously, I took a long, weird route here.”
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She also cracked wise about her many name changes due to marriages.
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“Six, no wait, four,” she said.
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Anderson let the crowd in on some behind-the-scenes moments of the making of the film. Many of the Bob Mackie costumes — “museum pieces” as Anderson called them — were from the famous Las Vegas revue Jubilee that closed in 2016 after 35 years. Anderson and others in the film got a chance to meet with some of the Jubilee dancers.
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“I have always been curious about, who are the women holding up the rhinestones,” said Anderson adding, “They have families, they go to the grocery store, but we don’t think about those things.”
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