May 17, 2022
Based on the incredible true story, Pam & Tommy
tackles a major landmark in the early days of the Internet: the
leak of Pamela Anderson's (Lily James) and Tommy Lee's (Sebastian
Stan) sex tape. Co-showrunner D.V. DeVincentis discusses what
surprised him the most while researching the backstory of the case:
"Something that continued to come up was... how well [Pamela] dealt
with it, considering she's obviously very upset by it. I would have
completely lost my mind, and she really kept it together. That was
surprising to me - the inner strength of this person that is most
often not given a lot of credit."
Co-showrunner Robert D. Siegel goes on to share the amount of care
that ultimately went into writing Pamela's character: "We were both
very, very protective of the character; she's ultimately the hero
of the show. There are times during the show when [Rand Gauthier
and Tommy] are the protagonists, and then there are times they're
also the bad guys.... but we're really with Pam the whole way. It's
kind of a love letter to her in a sense."
Pam & Tommy is now available to stream on Hulu.
