The Last Showgirl Interview: Pamela Anderson, Kiernan Shipka, Brenda Song & More

The Last Showgirl is not Pamela Anderson's first leading role, but it does feel like a particularly special project for the model and actress to have taken on. Directed by Gia Coppola and featuring a supporting cast of immense talent, this Las Vegas-based drama premiered at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival and is already being described as poignant, stunning, and stripped down. Written by Kate Gersten in the mid-2000s, The Last Showgirl is a timeless story about reexamining your life and finding purpose within yourself. Las Vegas showgirl Shelley (Anderson) finds herself forced to confront an uncertain future when her show closes after 30 years. With the lights destined to go down, Shelley has to reconnect with the relationships sacrificed for her dreams of the stage, including her daughter (Billie Lourd), and rediscover who she is under all the feathers and sequins. The movie also features Jamie Lee Curtis, Dave Bautista, Kiernan Shipka, Brenda Song, and Jason Schwartzman. At the festival, Anderson, Coppola, Gersten, Shipka and Song stopped by the Collider interview studio at Cinema Center at MARBL to talk about the movie with Perri Nemiroff. Coppola and Gersten discuss their shared vision for the film and how they wanted to explore a darker "visual world" of Las Vegas. Anderson, who calls this role "life or death," talks about her nerves before working opposite Jamie Lee Curtis and how much it meant to her to take on a project like this. Shipka and Song recall when they first realized this ensemble was something special, the nurturing environment their lead cultivated, as well as how Anderson's ferocity encouraged them for future projects. #pamelaanderson #kiernanshipka #brendasong #interview #lasvegas For interviews, movie reviews, and more visit https://collider.com FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL   / collider     / collider     / collider