By Daily Mail (U.S.) | Created at 2024-11-14 19:06:02 | Updated at 2024-11-22 03:56:25
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Jamie Lee Curtis has undergone another dramatic transformation, this time for her latest role in The Last Showgirl.
The actress, 65, plays Annette, a former Las Vegas showgirl working as a cocktail waitress in the highly-anticipated film starring Pamela Anderson and directed by Gia Coppola.
Curtis looks unrecognizable in character in a first look image from the movie capturing the actress in her work uniform.
Jamie sports a deep tan, strawberry red hair, and a bright orange bedazzled waitress outfit complete with matching hat.
As she makes her way through the floor of a casino, she dons smoky eye shadow and silvery lip gloss.
A new trailer for the film sees Jamie with her orange-red hair in all its glory as she hangs with Shelly (Pamela).
Jamie Lee Curtis has undergone another dramatic transformation, this time for her latest role in The Last Showgirl
Speaking with Entertainment Weekly about her role, Jamie said her character's 'leathered' appearance was deliberate.
'There is that term that is kind of a pejorative of, particularly, women that says they look like they were rode hard and put away wet,' she told the outlet.
'I wanted very much to show the damage the sun had done to her — she has that leathered look,' Jamie explained.
When Jamie first met her co-star, she was freshly spray tanned and wearing a red wig.
'We were doing the table read, she was getting more and more orange, and with this frosty pink lipstick,' Pamela said. 'It was amazing.'
The Last Showgirl stars Pamela as the titular role and is set for release on January 10, 2025. 'A seasoned showgirl must plan for her future when her show abruptly closes after a 30-year run,' reads the plot on IMDb.
It's not the first time Jamie's appearance in a film got people talking.
For her role as IRS inspector Deirdre Beaubeirdra in Everything Everywhere All at Once, she donned a cropped grey hairstyle, glasses, and proudly displayed her 'real belly.'
A new trailer for the film sees Jamie with her orange-red hair in all its glory as she hangs with Shelly (Pamela)
The Last Showgirl stars Pamela as the titular role and is set for release on January 10, 2025
'A seasoned showgirl must plan for her future when her show abruptly closes after a 30-year run,' reads the plot on IMDb
Anderson's new film was directed by Gia Coppola
She is seen in her full showgirl costume
It's not the first time Jamie's appearance in a film got people talking
For her role as IRS inspector Deirdre Beaubeirdra in Everything Everywhere All at Once, she donned a cropped grey hairstyle, glasses, and proudly displayed her 'real belly'
Co-director Daniel Scheinert told EW of Jamie's passion for her character's appearance: 'Immediately after signing up, she would text us photos of weird outfits and weird hairdos.
'There was one photo of an IRS auditor that Dan Kwan had found online — I mean, maybe she worked in a DMV, I don't know — but this one photo, Jamie was like, "That's incredible, please let me be her — please, please, please, please." And that photo became the reference for the hairdo and the outfit.'
The actress was also determined to appear as authentic as possible on camera.
Co-director Dan Kwan said: 'Everyone assumes that her belly in the movie is a prosthetic, but it's actually her real belly.'
There was also Jamie's role for The Haunted Mansion, which saw her play Madame Leota, a psychic whose floating head is encased inside a crystal ball
'She was grateful that she was allowed to just let it out.'
Jamie said she wanted to be 'truthful' to the role, adding, 'I've been sucking my stomach in since I was 11, when you start being conscious of boys and bodies, and the jeans are super tight.
'I very specifically decided to relinquish and release every muscle I had that I used to clench to hide the reality. That was my goal.'
There was also Jamie's role for The Haunted Mansion, which saw her play Madame Leota, a psychic whose floating head is encased inside a crystal ball.
