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Pamela Anderson isn’t naming names, but she tells me that she’s heard from “a lot of great directors” following her awards buzzy work in “The Last Showgirl.”
“It’s exciting because I want to keep working,” Anderson said Tuesday at the Golden Globes First-Time Nominee Luncheon at the Montage in Beverly Hills.
However, she insists all the praise and attention isn’t going to her head. “I’m going to pretend that I belong here,” Anderson said. “It’s all so surreal. Sometimes I’ll wake up in the middle of the night and I’m like, ‘I’m a Golden Globes nominee – how did that happen?’”
She said she’s feeling more secure as awards season ramps up. “It’s getting better, but it’s still a little hard to walk into these rooms and and see people who you’ve admired for so long,” Anderson said. “You put out your hand, shake their hand, and have a conversation. It’s scary and hard, but it’s exciting. I’m challenging myself to do that.”
Popular on Variety She continued, “Time is an illusion. Sometimes it’s feels like it’s just been one day between ‘Baywatch’ and now. It’s hard to think about how much time has passed. What was I doing these last few decades and now I’m here? Again, it’s all very surreal, but I’m very happy to be here in this moment right now.”
Anderson credits her “Last Showgirl” co-star Jamie Lee Curtis for providing guidance and support. “She’s a force,” Anderson said.
Anderson wore a vintage champagne color dress to the afternoon celebration, a look she planned as an homage to “Hitchcock blondes.”
Just a couple of days after the event, Anderson’s son Brandon Lee, who served as a producer on “The Last Showgirl,” told Variety‘s Jazz Tangcay that he has been on a “personal mission” to shatter Hollywood’s views and feelings about his mom.
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Kathryn Hahn Gilbert Flores Someone please get Tim Cook on the line – Kathryn Hahn can use your help.
Or maybe the help of a magical witch.
“Patti LuPone left me a voice note singing ‘Happy Birthday’ – in full amazing voice! – and I freaking don’t know where it is,” Hahn told me. “I thought I had saved it but it’s nowhere to be found.”
Their “Agatha All Along” co-star Joe Locke tried to comfort Hahn. “I texted Joe because technologically I’m not great. I was like, ‘What do I do?’” Hahn said. “He was like, ‘Ask her to do it again or she’ll probably do it every year for you.’”
Fans are anxiously waiting to find out if “Agatha” is getting a second season. “That is a good question,” Hahn said. “We have yet to get anything. We’ll be the last to know.”
Hahn definitely wants more: “I love this part. I love this group.”
Fun fact: Hahn told me that the cast’s group chat name is “My Pretty Coven.”
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Ariana Grande and Cooper Koch Michael Buckner I also talked to “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story” star Cooper Koch. When I caught up with him at Academy Museum Gala in October, he said he would love to play Patrick Bateman in Luca Guadagnino’s new adaptation of “American Psycho.” But as Variety exclusively reported Dec. 11, it looks like the part is going to Austin Butler.
“Here’s the thing, I never really wanted it. I just had seen it in the trades right before I had gotten to [the gala], and was like, ‘Oh, that would be cool,’” Koch said me at the Globes luncheon. “I think Austin Butler is going be amazing in that role. It’s perfect for him. I’m excited to see it.”
Koch has yet to announce his follow-up to “Monsters.” He said he is still considering different projects. While we were chatting, “Wicked” star Ariana Grande stepped onto the carpet. “I would love to work with Ariana Grande,” Koch said.
He’d even consider a musical. “I could sing. I’m a baritone,” Koch said. “I heard they’re doing ‘Spring Awakening.’ That would be cool.”
But he also joked, “Maybe I’m done with acting. I’m retiring. I’m moving to a farm. I’m going to ride horses and raise cows.”
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Mikey Madison Gilbert Flores Mikey Madison addressed naysayers who question if her film “Anora,” from writer-director Sean Baker, qualifies for the Globes’ comedy category. Madison is nominated for best actress in a musical or comedy motion picture and the movie is up for best musical or comedy motion picture.
“It is absolutely a comedy. It’s a dark comedy,” she said. “I think that Sean sees the humor in darkness. I think that you see a lot of humanity through this film, but you have to laugh at it because some of the things that happen are just so absurd and ridiculous. And there’s a lot of physical comedy.”
She continued, “I’ve been in theaters and people are howling.”
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