Pamela Anderson as Roxie Hart
(Picture: Ellen von Unwerth)Pamela Anderson says her Broadway debut in Chicago could be the beginning of the rest of her career as she says she has “nothing to lose”.
The former Baywatch star will play Roxie Hart, the femme fatale who kills her lover and becomes famous.
Anderson, 54, will be taking to the stage in at New York’s Ambassador Theatre on Tuesday April 12 for an eight-week run.
She told People that Broadway means “no safety nets,” but she’s ready for the challenge.
“I’m like a sponge. I’m just soaking it all in,” said Ms Anderson.
“Every single experience has been just wild. I mean, it’s wild to even be here. I have to pinch myself sometimes because it seems so surreal.”
“This is the beginning of the rest of my career — maybe,” she says.
“I have nothing to lose. I’ve got nothing to live up to and I’ve got nothing to lose. I’m going crazy. I’m going for broke.”
The show opens as Pam-mania reaches new heights partly due to the recent controversy surrounding Hulu show Pam & Tommy.
Starring Lily James and Sebastian Stan as Pamela and her then-husband, Mötley Crüe bandmate Tommy Lee, the show explores the media furore surrounding the pair’s sex tape, which made headlines around the world when it was leaked in the mid-1990s.
Ms Anderson had no input in the Hulu show and objected to the way she was characterised, with one source telling People that it had “reopened a wound” for her and that the sex tape’s release had been a “very traumatising situation”.
Ms Anderson is taking matters into her own hands with an upcoming Netflix documentary on her life.
Announced last week, the show will be directed by Ryan White and is billed as the “definitive” take on a pop culture icon.
It was also endorsed by Ms Anderson on social media, with a tweet suggesting it would portray her “real story.”
