Pamela Anderson has a bittersweet reaction to Mikey Madison’s explicit sex scenes in ‘Anora’

Pamela Anderson has revealed her bittersweet reaction to seeing Mikey Madison’s performance as a sex worker in Oscar-winning film Anora.

Mikey, 25, plays a topless dancer and escort from Brooklyn who spontaneously marries an immature young man named Ivan “Vanya” Zakharov, the son of a Russian oligarch.

The film is full of nudity and sex scenes and was hailed as one of the raunchiest Oscar contenders of all time.

However, during Variety’s Actors on Actors special, the Baywatch icon described sex work as a “scary life” and appeared visibly concerned and protective of Mikey as she explained how she felt when she first saw it – what described her as ‘so emotional’ for her.

“When I saw the movie, you knew I didn’t know what to expect,” Pamela, 57, told Mikey.

“When I saw it, I thought there was so much sexuality and nudity and sex in the movie, and I thought, I just want to take you out of there and hug you!” she gasped.

Pamela Anderson revealed her emotional reaction to watching Mikey Madison’s sex scenes in Anora in an interview with Variety

“I’ve also had friends in (the sex industry) and people who have tried to recover from certain things in their lives, and a lot of that comes from trauma and taking back your power, taking back your sexuality and… “There are parts of my life that I can really relate to,” she added.

“But it was so emotional,” she concluded, while also praising the rising star.

Speaking about her racy scenes, Mikey insisted she was “ready” for the role of a sex worker.

Speaking about her decision not to use an intimacy coordinator to assist, she said, “For our film, it was a decision I made; The filmmakers offered me an intimacy coordinator if I wanted. Mark Eydelshteyn, who plays Ivan, and I decided it would be best to just keep it small.

“My character is a sex worker, and I had seen Sean’s films and knew his commitment to authenticity.” I was ready for it. As an actress, I treated it as a career.”

Meanwhile, Pamela is also in the running for awards with her performance as a Las Vegas dancer in “The Last Showgirl.”

Mikey revealed that she worked with an intimacy coordinator for the role

Mikey, 25, stunned at the shoot, which was meant to promote her Oscar-winning role

Pammy has become known for her makeup-free looks

Anora, called Ani by her friends, beguiles Vanya (Mark Eydelshteyn), the charming but completely helpless son of a shady Russian oligarch

Speaking about channeling her personal experiences in preparing for her role, she said, “I was able to bring a lot of my own personal experience, my long life dealing with beauty and glamor and aging and re-evaluating life choices.”

“I have to bring my whole life to this role.” I think the past shouldn’t dictate your future. But looking back, I always created characters. And I feel like I’ve created a few Halloween costumes.

“But a lot of the things I was going through, I didn’t realize that my kids were going through them at the same time. “Being a working mother and living in this entertainment world and seeing your own mother sexualized in some way – I didn’t know how difficult that was.

“So I’m not ashamed of my life.” I’m not ashamed of the decisions I’ve made, even though in retrospect I might have done everything differently.

“But you need life experience to know that you would have done it differently.”