Winter TV Watch List: True-Life Adventures You’ll Never Believe
thewrap.com“Pam and Tommy”Wednesday, February 2, HuluThis based-on-a-true-story miniseries dramatizes the events surrounding the release of the weirdly groundbreaking sex tape that inadvertently starred Pamela Anderson (then a Playboy pinup and star of syndicated hit “Baywatch”) and Tommy Lee (drummer for ’80s heavy-metal act Mötley Crüe).
Lily James plays Anderson and Sebastian Stan plays Lee, each actor disappearing completely into their respective roles, both physically (thanks, in part, to uncanny prosthetic makeup effects and never-ending fake tattoos) and psychologically, as they go through the emotional roller coaster of having a private tape leaked and becoming a commercial phenomenon.
Seth Rogen plays a scorned contractor who accidentally discovers the tape (Rogen also produced the limited series), and Nick Offerman is Uncle Miltie, his porn kingpin buddy who was key to the tape’s wide distribution.
The first three episodes were directed by “I, Tonya” and “Cruella” mastermind Craig Gillespie, who infuses the story with a wild, hedonistic energy comparable to that of the two young lovers.
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