‘There was pushback’: Pam & Tommy makers open up about show’s animatronic talking penis scene

The upcoming drama based on Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee's 90s sex tape scandal has a scene with animatronic genitalia. The network was initially baffled by the idea

The team behind Disney+'s highly anticipated drama about Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee have revealed there was pushback about one possibly controversial scene.

According to the show's makers, a scene featuring Sebastian Stan (who plays Lee) having a conversation with an animatronic version of his own genitals initially baffled the network who commissioned the programme. There was gentle pushback, because you've got to push back a little when a talking penis is presented to you. But Hulu was extremely supportive," writer Robert Siegel told Variety, of the network who produced the show, before Disney+ decided to bring it to the UK.