https://screenrant.com/pam-tommy-jay-leno-actor-interview-real/
Pam & Tommy opens with a troubling interview of Lily James' Anderson on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Did the interview happen in real life?
Pam & Tommy's Pamela Anderson-Jay Leno scene wasn't a word-for-word re-creation because the original Tonight Show interview is hard to find
https://variety.com/2022/tv/features/pam-and-tommy-barb-wire-remake-jay-leno-1235193241/
“We had departments that, like, mine for these things," says Lake Bell, who directed this week's episode, which actually conflated two of Anderson's appearances with Leno. "One of the greatest miner of Pamela Anderson was Lily James, because every day, every second — on set and off set — she had her earbuds in, listening to interviews, mapping the cadence, the musicality and the resonance, the quirks, intricacies of that particular voice, and how Pam was under pressure. It was remarkable. We watched what we could find of that interview. It’s brutal. The gentleman who plays Jay Leno (Adam Ray), is uncanny. His mimicry was incredible.”