?We're trying to do our part to objectify men for the first time in movies.? Steven Soderbergh?s male stripper pic Magic Mike shimmies into theaters today powered by a charismatic turn by Channing Tatum and a hard-bodied supporting cast — but the tale isn?t all thongs, pelvic thrusts, and bachelorette party thrills. (Well, okay — it's got a lot of those things, too.) What secrets did Soderbergh, Tatum, and co-stars Alex Pettyfer, Joe Manganiello, and Matt Bomer spill about on-set nudity, overzealous extras, cross-dressing, and Tatum?s real life experience as a male stripper?
The director and cast, along with newcomer Cody Horn, shared these and more stories recently in Los Angeles. Read on for their best anecdotes, advice, and revelations?
1. Magic Mike is based on observations from Tatum?s eight-month stint as a male stripper. How did he get into it — and why did he ever stop?
?Look, I was eighteen years old and I worked three jobs,? Tatum began. ?This was just one of them, and I really enjoyed performing. It was probably my first performing job ever." So what ended the 19-year-old Tatum's stripping career? "I really like to dance, obviously, but then I didn't really love taking the clothes off at the end??
2. Tatum on the ?very dark world? of male stripping?
Magic Mike depicts a backstage world filled with camaraderie, g-strings, and baby oil, but as Pettfyer?s Adam discovers, it?s also one filled with drugs, casual sex, and recklessness. Tatum remembers the real world of male stripping as an even darker place. ?The world in itself was just a very dark world in a way. I don't think we even scratch the surface of really how dark…
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