Lily James and Sebastian Stan finally showed off their impressive portrayals of Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee in the first teaser trailer for Pam & Tommy on Wednesday.
The Mamma Mia! actress, 32, and the Avengers star, 39, play the celebrity couple at the height of their fame shortly after their 1995 wedding with their transformation being widely-discussed prior to the release – mainly due to their incredible and totally unrecognisable new looks.
The eagerly-anticipated teaser primarily focuses on Seth Rogen’s supporting turn as the disgruntled electrician who stole their sex tape and distributed the raunchy movie online – leading to one of the celebrity world’s first ever ‘sex tape scandals’, making way for similar situations for Paris Hilton and Kim Kardashian.
Pamela appears bereft as she sees the footage emerge online – being sold for $59.99 and under the tagline ‘Pamela’s Hardcore Sex Video’ – with fans treated to glimpses of her hot and heavy action, included a romp in the bath with her husband and scenes of the duo on a boat.
Risqué: Lily James and Sebastian Stan finally showed off their impressive portrayals of Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee in the first teaser trailer for Pam & Tommy on Wednesday, which included glimpses of their sex tape
The teaser opens as Seth and Parks And Recreation star Nick Offerman go through the items stolen from Pam and Tommy’s home including the mysterious contents of a safe they had swiped.
The safe includes a mysterious video tape which they pop in, expecting to see personal footage of the couple.
They fast forward through footage of Sebastian as Tommy Lee strutting around his home and then driving a muscle car, which isn’t part of the actual sex tape.
‘That’s Tommy Lee. He’s the drummer for Mötley Crüe,’ Seth explains.
Ahem! In the days before the Internet was widespread, the couple are left astounded as they see the ‘Hardcore Sex Video’ being flogged online for $59.99
The big reveal: The scenes played out in front of the robbers – who seemed delighted to be cashing in
What a difference! Lily James, 32, is unrecognizable with fake breasts and bleached blond hair as she transforms into a busty Pamela Anderson in the first teaser trailer for Hulu’s Pam & Tommy, which was released Wednesday
Beach beauty: Then we see Lily as Pamela in her iconic red one-piece bathing suit while she’s made up on a beach to film a scene for her series Baywatch
Perfect match: She stars with Sebastian, 39, who plays her rocker husband Tommy Lee in the series, which details the theft and distribution of their 1995 sex tape
But as he drives away, Seth’s character is seen hiding in a blue van to case out the house and to plot his robbery.
‘Where’d you get this?’ Nick asks in voiceover, though the famous stoner just urges him to keep fast-forwarding.
He’s then seen in lightning-quick sped-up footage as he sneaks into the home in the dead of night, before emerging with a massive black safe on wheels.
‘S***!’ he shouts as the flood lights outside the mansion go on, forcing him to start running out the open gate.
Seeing the goods: The teasers opens as Seth Rogen and Parks And Recreation star Nick Offerman go through items Rogen’s character stole from Pam and Tommy’s home
Intimate: The safe includes a mysterious video tape which they pop in, expecting to see personal footage of the couple
First look: They fast forward through footage of Sebastian as Tommy Lee strutting around his home and then driving a muscle car, which isn’t part of the actual sex tape. ‘That’s Tommy Lee. He’s the drummer for Mötley Crüe,’ Seth explains
Scheming: But as he drives away, Seth’s character is seen hiding in a blue van to case out the house and to plot his robbery
Never mind: ‘Where’d you get this?’ Nick asks in voiceover, though the famous stoner just urges him to keep fast-forwarding
On a mission: He’s then seen in lightning-quick sped-up footage as he sneaks into the home in the dead of night, before emerging with a massive black safe on wheels
Then we see Lily as Pamela in her iconic red one-piece bathing suit while she’s made up on a beach to film a scene for her series Baywatch.
‘Holy s***, that’s Pamela Anderson!’ Offerman’s character interjects as Lily does one of Pam’s iconic slow-motion runs toward the water.
She’s then seen in more fast-forwarded footage as she makes out with Tommy in a nightclub. They also passionately kiss at home in a prelude to their raunchy sex tape.
Iconic look: ‘Holy s***, that’s Pamela Anderson!’ Offerman’s character interjects as Lily does one of Pam’s iconic slow-motion runs toward the water
Hot and heavy: She’s then seen in more fast-forwarded footage as she makes out with Tommy in a nightclub
Loved-up: The couple were seen in a slew of steamy clinches
Seeing double: Lily James’ transformation into Pamela Anderson took three to five hours every day during filming Pam & Tommy, it has been revealed (left is Lily in costume and right Pamela in 1995)
Rogen and Offerman stare in wide-eyed wonder as they realized what they’ve stumbled on to.
‘Goddamn… That’s so… private,’ Offerman ads over footage of Pam and Tommy caressing each other’s faces while nude together in a bath tub.
‘It’s like we’re seeing something we’re not supposed to be seeing,’ he says perceptively as he and Rogen stroll into a building with the tape in hopes of selling it.
Although the vast majority of the teaser is focused on Rogen’s character stealing the tape, Lily is seen more prominently as Pam in the back half of the trailer as her character learns of the theft.
They’ve struck gold: Rogen and Offerman stare in wide-eyed wonder as they realized what they’ve stumbled on to
Making bank: ‘It’s like we’re seeing something we’re not supposed to be seeing,’ he says perceptively as he and Rogen stroll into a building with the tape in hopes of selling it
She first stumbles on a copy of the tape when crew members watch it on the set of Baywatch.
‘Well every second that passes this tape could be spreading,’ she tells Tommy as they try to stop the distribution.
‘Babe, we will get it back,’ he replies unconvincingly.
‘It’s not a big deal to me? I’m on that tape the same as you!’ the drummer says after she confronts him about not doing enough to get ahold of the video.
‘No, not like me you’re not,’ she says while looking shockingly like the real Pamela Anderson.
Coming into focus: Although the vast majority of the teaser is focused on Rogen’s character stealing the tape, Lily is seen more prominently as Pam in the back half of the trailer as her character learns of the theft
She and Tommy realize they’ve been unsuccessful when they find the sex tape being sold online, where it will be nearly impossible to keep it from spreading.
A shocked Pam pulls down her sunglasses as she stares at the screen while Tommy looks at it quizzically.
‘What the hell is this?’ she whimpers in the teaser’s final seconds.
For her role in Pam & Tommy, Lily had to be fitted with extensive prosthetics to achieve Pamela’s iconic figure.
Workplace harassment: She first stumbles on a copy of the tape when crew members watch it on the set of Baywatch
Clock’s ticking: ‘Well every second that passes this tape could be spreading,’ she tells Tommy as they try to stop the distribution
Most obvious was a fake bust she wore to achieve the look of Anderson’s implants, which is clearly visible in the scenes set during the filming of Baywatch.
In addition to the fake 34DD breasts, Lily also got false tattoos painted on to match Pamela’s ink, including her barbed wire arm tattoo.
The Mama Mia 2 actress wore a bleached blond wig to match Pam’s voluminous locks, and she even had her eyebrows styled in the pencil-thin style adopted by the Home Improvement actress.
Lily previously showed off her picture-perfect look down to her French tip nails in a first-look publicity photo of herself in a bust black leather vest.
No rush: ‘Babe, we will get it back,’ he replies unconvincingly
Doppelgänger: ‘It’s not a big deal to me? I’m on that tape the same as you!’ the drummer says after she confronts him about not doing enough to get ahold of the video. ‘No, not like me you’re not,’ she says while looking shockingly like the real Pamela Anderson
Sebastian also nailed Tommy’s recognizable look with his heavily tattooed arms and chest.
He wore his hair short and dyed black, with a soul patch to match the hair metal rocker’s.
The Captain America: The Winter Soldier actor previously posed with Lily for a raunchy black-and-white photo in which she tugged on one of his nipple rings with her teeth while she gazed seductively at the camera.
Seth Rogen even got in on the action and shared a photo of his less-glamorous costume while the series was still filming.
The comic actor developed and is producing the series with his longtime creative partner Evan Goldberg.
It’s too late: She and Tommy realize they’ve been unsuccessful when they find the sex tape being sold online, where it will be nearly impossible to keep it from spreading
Quite the transformation! For her role in Pam & Tommy, Lily had to be fitted with extensive prosthetics to achieve Pamela’s iconic figure. Most obvious was a 34DD fake bust she wore to achieve the look of Anderson’s implants, which is clearly visible in the scenes set during the filming of Baywatch
Details: Lily also got false tattoos painted on to match Pamela’s ink, including her barbed wire arm tattoo
Filming on the eight-episode series began in May.
Pamela, 54, and Tommy, 59, tied the knot on a beach in Mexico in 1995 after dating for just four days. At the time, Pamela’s mother hadn’t even met Tommy.
The pair would go on to welcome sons Brandon, 24, and Dylan, 22, but they divorced in 1998.
In 2015, Pam told Andy Cohen on Watch What Happens Live that she never profited from the sex tape, nor even watched it. She said: ‘I’ve never seen it. I made not one dollar. It was stolen property…
‘We made a deal to stop all the shenanigans. I was seven months pregnant with Dylan and thinking it was affecting the pregnancy with the stress and said, “I’m not going to court anymore. I’m not being deposed anymore by these horny, weird lawyer men. I don’t want to talk about my vagina anymore or my public sex — anything.”‘
The whole picture: Lily previously showed off her picture-perfect look down to her French tip nails in a first-look publicity photo of herself in a bust black leather vest
Rock on: Sebastian also nailed Tommy’s recognizable look with his heavily tattooed arms and chest. He wore his hair short and dyed black, with a soul patch to match the hair metal rocker’s
The sex tape was stolen by Rogen’s character Rand Gauthier after Tommy refused to pair for work that he had performed on their house.
When Gauthier confronted the musician about not being paid the $20,000 he was owed, Tommy pulled out a gun to scare him away.
Gauthier took his revenge by stealing the giant safe that had been kept in the couple’s garage, which mainly housed the drummer’s guns and Pamela’s jewelry, in addition to the sex tape.
Ouch! The Captain America: The Winter Soldier actor previously posed with Lily for a raunchy black-and-white photo in which she tugged on one of his nipple rings with her teeth while she gazed seductively at the camera
Earlier this year, Pam claimed that the video wasn’t actually a sex tape, but was merely a compilation of footage of them naked on vacation, which just happened to include sex acts.
In May, insiders claimed to The Sun that the Pam has thinks Pam & Tommy is ‘a joke and cheap knock-off.’
She reportedly called the show ‘God awful,’ though the series had just begun filming, and she apparently claimed she had never heard of Lily or Sebastian.
The source said Pamela had ‘no intention of watching this God awful show, absolutely not. Never.’
Showing off: Seth Rogen, who developed the show with his creative partner Evan Golberg and produced it, even showed off his more muted costume after shooting began