Interview With "The Last Showgirl" Star Pamela Anderson & Director Gia Coppola

The Next Best Picture Podcast

Tv & Film

4.2 • 542 Ratings

🗓️ 8 January 2025

⏱️ 17 minutes

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"The Last Showgirl" had its world premiere at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival, where it received positive reviews for Pamela Anderson's lead performance, which has earned her Screen Actors Guild, Golden Globe, and Gotham Award nominations. Anderson and Director Gia Coppola were both kind enough to spend some time talking with us about their work on the film, which you can listen to or watch below. Please be sure to check out the film, which is set to open in theaters on January 10th from Roadside Attractions and is up for your consideration in all eligible categories at the 97th Academy Awards, including Best Actress. Thank you, and enjoy! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... Apple Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWA7KiotcWmHiYYy6wJqwOw And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture and listen to this podcast ad-free Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You are listening to The Next Best Picture podcast, and this is Nadia Dalamante's interview
0:05.2	with the director for the last showgirl, Gia Coppola, and the film's star Pamela Anderson.
0:12.2	Places, please.
0:16.1	Places, please.
0:19.2	This is your place's call for the final performance of the Rassel-Dashel.
0:29.6	Me in Las Vegas is to treat us like movie stars.
0:34.6	These costumes are set.
0:38.3	We were ambassadors for style and grace.
0:42.3	The Las Vegas showgirl.
0:47.3	The iconic American showgirl.
0:55.2	Hello, this is Nadia Delamante, and welcome to the Next Best Picture podcast.
0:59.7	Today, we were going behind the glittery scenes of The Last Showgirl, directed by Gia Coppola and starring Pamela Anderson.
1:06.0	It's a beautiful story that really celebrates the power of being seen and really living in pursuit of
1:13.2	your art and going for your dreams. And joining me now to talk about the film, it's my pleasure
1:18.7	to introduce Gia and Pamela. Hello. Hi. Welcome. Thank you both so, so much for your time.
1:45.3	It's such a pleasure. I was lucky enough to see the film at TIF actually a couple of months ago. And it was so incredibly moving to listen to the Q&A afterwards and just that pure expression of love and solidarity. And I imagine for the two of you, it must have been a very special moment to share together. Yeah. I was really adamant that the cast should wait to see the movie with
1:52.0	an audience and see it on a big screen rather than just at home alone on a link. So to get to
1:57.9	next to Pamela and share that experience with her, it was really exciting.
2:02.2	And yeah, it was so amazing to like see all the reactions afterwards.
2:05.9	It wasn't expecting it to be so emotional, but it was really such a gift in a lot of ways.
2:11.7	Yes, it was very exciting and so nice to see with everybody, with an audience, with a community of people, which is always the best way to see a movie. I love that this movie will be on the big screen for people to see,
2:23.1	because it's the best experience that way. Yeah, it's absolutely communal. And the two of you
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