See Jamie Lee Curtis as a Weathered Vegas Waitress inThe Last ShowgirlClip with Pamela Anderson (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

Jamie Lee CurtisandPamela Andersonare Las Vegas veterans inThe Last Showgirl.

The new drama from directorGia Coppolafeatures Curtis, 66, and Anderson, 57, as best friends Annette and Shelly, two longtime Sin City residents who each have their own struggles.

As seen in this exclusive clip shared with PEOPLE, Annette, a former showgirl with a gambling problem, is working as a casino cocktail waitress. She’s abruptly cut from her shift in favor of two younger workers.

Pamela Anderson in ‘The Last Showgirl.'.courtesy of Roadside Attractions

courtesy of Roadside Attractions

Annette floats the idea of moving in with Shelly and paying rent, which Shelly shuts down.

Jamie Lee Curtis in ‘The Last Showgirl.'.courtesy of Roadside Attractions

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Curtis tells PEOPLE she signed on to make the movie after learning Anderson — whom she had never met — would play the lead role.

“I knew that this was going to give Pam that opportunity to be an artist. And I just wanted to be a part of it,” she says.

“I made horror movies when I was 19 years old, and I’ve waited a long time to be an artist. And I get to be an artist now,” says theHalloweenfranchise alum.

Jamie Lee Curtis and Pamela Anderson on Sept. 6.GEOFF ROBINS/AFP/Getty; Kayla Oaddams/Getty

GEOFF ROBINS/AFP/Getty; Kayla Oaddams/Getty

“I literally just wanted to be on the other side of a scene with her because I knew she was going to do what she does in the movie,” Curtis adds of Anderson.

Curtis, who won an Oscar in 2023 for her work inEverything Everywhere All at Once, previously toldEntertainment Weeklyabout her dramatic transformation forThe Last Showgirl, which also stars Brenda Song, Billie Lourd and Kiernan Shipka.

The actress “immediately had a lot of ideas about what she would look like and what her backstory was," Curtis said of Annette. “I called my wig maker and we were off to the races.”

“She has that leathered look,” Curtis added. “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.”

The Last Showgirlis in select theaters now before going wider Jan. 10.

source: people.com