The actress’ son Brandon Thomas Lee was the one to give the script for The Last Showgirl
Pamela Anderson’s son wants people to know the real Pamela.
The Baywatch star shares two sons, Brandon and Dylan, with her ex-husband Tommy Lee.
The pair were married between 1995 and 1998, over which time they welcomed their two children.
The year they wed, a sex tape of the celebrity couple was famously leaked, which inspired the Hulu series Pam & Tommy starring Lily James and Sebastian Stan.
That along with the success of Baywatch moulded Anderson into typical ‘blond bombshell’ – a stereotype she’s been looking to shake ever since.
Now The Last Showgirl is helping Anderson do that, with the 57-year-old having recently received her first ever Golden Globe nomination for her portrayal of Shelly in the Gia Coppola-directed drama.
It was her son Brandon, an actor-turned-producer, who brought the script to his mom.
The 28-year-old produced his mother’s 2023 Netflix documentary, Pamela, A Love Story, which looked back on the actress’ life and career.
Speaking about the documentary, Brandon said the aim of it was to ‘get people to understand and get to know Pamela because there was so much misconception around her and who she was’.
“It was really holding her back in terms of the opportunity she was being presented,” he told Variety.
Brandon – who oversees the Anderson family business affairs – went on to say of his mother and working with her: “The reason I got involved, other than for various business reasons – my personal mission was to give my mom the opportunities she gave me as a child.
“She would do anything for me. She showed up and was a very good mother. And at a certain point in your life, you become a protector.
“I knew from a very early age that I was going to eventually be the one that put the stake in the ground for my family and rally around that.”
He went on say that it would have been ‘easy’ for them to make money off who everyone thought his mother was, but he knew that Anderson wouldn’t have been happy with that.
“I really just wanted her to feel like she had the opportunity, whether it happened or not, to achieve success in the field she wanted to be in,” Brandon continued.
Following the release of Pamela, A Love Story, Brandon noticed a public shift towards his mom.
Now with the critical acclaim that The Last Showgirl has received, he thinks that ‘where she is going to go from this is fantastic’ and that this isn’t the last you’ll see of Anderson on the silver screen.
