What happens if you stay in Vegas? That’s the question at the center of Gia Coppola‘s “The Last Showgirl,” which has debuted its first trailer from Roadside Attractions. Set against the backdrop of Sin City, the film sees Pamela Anderson starring as Shelley, a veteran showgirl who finds herself at a crossroads with her stage production on its last legs.
Kiernan Shipka, Brenda Song, Billie Lourd, Dave Bautista and Jamie Lee Curtis also star. Curtis plays a waitress and confidante to Anderson’s character, delivering a performance that Peter Debruge, Variety’s chief film critic, described as a “force-of-nature.” Bautista plays Shelley’s manager and ex-lover, who breaks the news about the end of her career. Shipka and Song play two colleague showgirls moving on to greener pastures. Lourd plays Anderson’s daughter, Hannah.
“The Last Showgirl” premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September, where it received positive reviews and launched Anderson as a potential candidate in this year’s best actress Oscar race. Roadside is giving the film a limited L.A. release on Dec. 13 as an awards-qualifying run. The film will hit theaters nationwide on Jan. 10.
The film marks Anderson’s first return to the big screen since she briefly revived her role as C.J. Parker for the 2017 film reboot of “Baywatch.” At a TIFF press conference in September, Anderson said, “A lot of my career was about physicality and it’s been a journey, but it’s also been part of the reason why I’ve kind of done this experiment with myself with just, you know, peeling it all back, remembering who I am not being defined by what people do to me, but by what I do.”
Watch the trailer for “The Last Showgirl” below.
