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‘The Last Showgirl’ Director Calls Pamela Anderson “The Marilyn Monroe Of Our Time”


Director Gia Coppola explained some of the similarities between Marilyn Monroe, Pamela Anderson and 'The Last Showgirl'.

“It was all these actresses from the past I would dream about: Wouldn’t this be an interesting role for Marilyn Monroe?” Coppola told Entertainment Weekly of casting the movie. Kate Gersten, Kiernan Shipka, Gia Coppola, Pamela Anderson, Jamie Lee Curtis, Billie Lourd and Brenda Song of The Last Showgirl at the Deadline TIFF Studio. Anderson previously said the role “ was meant for me ” as she spoke on a panel during Deadline’s TIFF Studio in September, explaining why she related to Shelley and Gersten’s script.

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