CreaZion Studios artist Dolly de Leon continues to champion authentic Filipino representation in Hollywood as she enters talks to portray Alex Adams, the first Filipina madam in Hollywood, in the upcoming dark comedy “The Heidi Fleiss Story.”
On her Instagram account, de Leon shared, “To step into the shoes of the first and only Filipina Madam of Hollywood, Alex Adams — this is what I live for.”
In this project, she is set to work alongside Aubrey Plaza (“The White Lotus,” “Emily the Criminal”) and Alana Haim (“Licorice Pizza”).
Dolly de Leon is in talks to play Madam Alex Adams, the first Filipina madam in Hollywood, in the upcoming dark comedy ‘The Heidi Fleiss Story.’ PHOTO FROM CREAZION STUDIOS
As exclusively reported by Deadline.com, “De Leon will play Madam Alex, the larger-than-life Beverly Hills madam who taught Heidi everything she knew, before Heidi stole it all. Half mentor, half tormentor, Alex ruled her empire from a four-poster bed — brash, brilliant, and impossible to cross. The original madam of all madams.”
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Deadline further detailed that The Heidi Fleiss Story takes place in 1993 Los Angeles, following a powerful young woman named Heidi Fleiss (Plaza), who is arrested for running the largest high-end prostitution ring in the world. With the unlikely help of Jacolyn (Haim), an aspiring writer determined to tell her story, Heidi scrambles around LA to blackmail and leverage connections in hopes of getting her case dropped.
De Leon continues to make her mark internationally following her breakout role in the Palme d’Or–winning “Triangle of Sadness,” for which she earned BAFTA and Golden Globe nominations. She was most recently seen in “Ghostlight” and “Between the Temples,” and will appear in “Netflix’s Avatar: The Last Airbender” Seasons 2 and 3. Up next, she’ll be seen opposite Tatiana Maslany in the upcoming Apple TV+ series “Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed.”
De Leon continues to represent Filipino human experiences on the global stage — one story at a time.
