The actress shared that Foxy: My Life in Three Acts, the venture based on her autobiography, will explore her early movie career work with Roger Corman and the injuries she sustained on those sets.
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00:00Pam Greer opens up about how she still has injuries from her time on the sets of Foxy Brown.
00:06In honour of the Jack Hill movie's 50th anniversary, the actress visited live with
00:11Kelly and Mark on Friday. In order to get revenge in the movie on those responsible
00:17for her boyfriend's death, Foxy Brown pursues a vigilant who poses as a sophisticated prostitute.
00:23I didn't have a stunt double, so I have to look and appear convincing.
00:28Pam shared with Kelly Ripa and Mark Consulis about the film.
00:32I got hurt, I have injuries. She added,
00:35It took years to prepare men in patriarchal society to see a woman do martial arts,
00:41jump around, do stunts, the Jackie Brown star said.
00:44They weren't prepared for it and they found it offensive and they oppressed a lot of our
00:50womanhood. The actress revealed that Foxy, My Life in Three Acts, the project based on
00:56her autobiography, will explore her early film career work with Roger Corman and the
01:01injuries she sustained on those sets. I didn't think I'd walk away, Greer said.
01:07Every episode was like, I can't do this anymore until I get a stunt double. To show what it took
01:13to prepare our audience to accept a woman in a masculine role, which it is not today,
01:1850 years later, I didn't start it, it wasn't me, but I knew I had to do it.
01:24For the unversed, Pam Greer is also known as cinema's first action star and has featured in
01:29numerous stellar hits like Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, Coffee, Jackie Brown, Mars Attacks
01:36and many more.