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Magic Mike XXL
is in cinemas
from July 9. Have a past life as an actual stripper^
“I heard an ad on the radio that they were
taking auditions, and I thought, ‘I can
dance!’ I was 19 and the whole motivation
was: it’s money, women and a good time.
I knew that I wasn’t going to college and
getting a degree, and I already had three
other jobs, but this was going to be at
night. I was just trying to figure out
something to do and that was it.”Find out exactly what women fi nd sexy
“I always found it hilarious that even
when I was doing it [stripping] in 1999
and 2000, it felt like it was still stuck in
the ’80s. Like, ‘We’re still dancing to this
song? We’re still doing cops and firemen?
Really? There’s nothing new?’ So now 30
years later we should just ask women what
they want and try to give that to them.”Be real about how hard it is to look that
good “I get super fat in between roles so
I have to work extra hard. To be in Magic
Mike shape is different, it’s not even really
healthy! It’s certainly not sustainable.
You’re not allowed to have cake, cookies,
cheeseburgers or beer. We all basically got
to bitch and moan the whole time to each
other about how much it sucked and how
hungry we were. The person who was
bitching the most, we kept passing them
protein bars, like, ‘Here! Just shut up!’”Practise stripping at home... for your wife
“I’ve danced for Jenna, yes. She’s not
going to have a stripper for a husband
and not benefit from it! I’m happy that
that option is there because if the [acting]
career goes south, you never know...”WATCH, FOLLOW, PLAY
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