Pamela Andersonclaims the team behind the 2017Baywatchmovie initially wanted her to do a cameo for free.
The actress, who made a splash as C.J. Parker in the series that debuted in 1989,toldVarietythat the producers of the film continually called her about participating in the project.
“It was becoming really, really awful. They said they wanted me to do it as a favor,” said Anderson, 55. “I said, ‘I do favors for animals, not for Paramount.’ There was just so much bullying to do it. They wanted me to do it for free, as an homage or something. I said, ‘Come on, guys. I mean, really?’ "
Eventually, she agreed to do a cameo without any dialogue. She said about that, “I ended up okay. No complaints.”
A spokesperson for Paramount did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
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The actress recently told PEOPLE that hersons “encouraged me to tell my story” in the form of a new documentary and memoirLove, Pamela, both out on Tuesday.
“[There’s] a little bit of anxiety before it comes out because this has been a year, basically, of therapy, going through my life from my first memory to my last memory,” she said. “I’m really proud of it. It is something I wrote every word of. I didn’t have a collaborator. I didn’t have any ghostwriter, nothing.”
“It’s just one girl’s story of how I made it through: a small-town girl going to Los Angeles and just going through all the wild and crazy adventures I did and then circling back and going home,” she added.
The process of reflection, she said, uncovered deep emotions. “I had no idea how much anger I had inside, or how therapeutic it was going to be for not just me, but for people around me, like my mother,” Anderson said. “It’s been a healing process. I’m so happy to share it and hopefully people will be inspired.”
source: people.com
