Pam & Tommy Trivia | 40 facts about the new mini series

Pam & Tommy is a new mini series chronicling the marriage between actress Pamela Anderson and Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee.

Let’s find out some trivia and facts about this new series.

Pam & Tommy is an American biographical drama miniseries
The series chronicles the marriage between actress Pamela Anderson and Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee
Respectively played by Lily James and Sebastian Stan
The series follows their marriage during the period their unauthorized sex tape was made public
It is based on the 2014 Rolling Stone article “Pam and Tommy: The Untold Story of the World’s Most Infamous Sex Tape” by Amanda Chicago Lewis
The series was created for Hulu by Robert Siegel
It is produced by Point Grey Pictures, Annapurna Television and Lionsgate Television
The series development was announced in 2018
With James Franco attached to direct the miniseries and play Lee
It was given a series order in December 2020 by Hulu
With James and Stan announced to play Anderson and Lee, the latter replacing Franco following his departure from the project
Casting announcements were made throughout 2021
Filming took place in Los Angeles between April and July 2021
The first three episodes of Pam & Tommy premiered on Hulu on February 2, 2022
With the rest of the episodes debuting weekly
The series was first announced in 2018, with Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg developing the project under their production company Point Grey Pictures and James Franco attached to direct the miniseries and play Tommy Lee
By December 2020, Franco had left the series and it was announced that Hulu had greenlighted the project with an eight-episode limited series order
Craig Gillespie was set to direct with Robert D. Siegel writing and Rogen and Goldberg executive producing the miniseries
Tatiana S. Riegel, a frequent collaborator of Gillespie’s, was attached to edit the miniseries
Pamela Anderson reportedly did not want to be involved in the series at all, despite multiple attempts to include her
Lee was also not involved with the series but he supported it
The series is based on a 2014 Rolling Stone article describing the story of how Anderson and Lee’s sex tape was stolen and released
Siegel found hard to believe the events had not been the subject of a film or series previously, with the producers optioning the rights to the article to serve as the basis of the series
Co-showrunners Siegel and D.V. DeVincentis noted that most of the “basic plot beats” came from that article and “the basic mechanics” of the events “was pretty much what happened”
With the conversations between the characters dramatized
Alongside the series order announcement, Lily James and Sebastian Stan were cast to play the titular characters, with Rogen also cast in a main role
In April 2021, Nick Offerman and Taylor Schilling joined the cast in main roles, with Pepi Sonuga, Andrew Dice Clay, Spenser Granese and Mozhan Marnò joining in recurring roles
In June 2021, Fred Hechinger joined the cast of the series in a recurring role
In January 2022, it was revealed that Jason Mantzoukas was voicing Tommy Lee’s penis
The series began filming on April 5, 2021, in Los Angeles
Filming finished on July 30, 2021
The two main actors went through long make-up processes to closely resemble their characters
Lily James wore a prostethic forehead and chest, dentures, blue contact lenses, and a blonde wig
Sebastian Stan spent hours getting up to 30 tattoos painted on him, grew and painted his hair, and wore brown contact lenses and prosthetic pierced nipples
Their wardrobe was not custom made, but purchased second-hand based on the clothes Anderson and Lee wore at the period
The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reports a “Certified Fresh” 80% approval rating
Based on 84 reviews
With an average rating of 7.3/10
The site’s critical consensus reads: “Pam & Tommy sometimes undercuts its own critique of cultural voyeurism with lurid stylization, but Lily James’ performance gives this sleazy opus an undeniable heart”
On Metacritic, the series has a score of 70 out of 100, based on 37 reviews, indicating “generally favorable reviews”