Channing Tatum: "Magic Mike" upcoming stripper flick isn’t about my lifeMay 18, 2012 - 17:47 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - While people have been branding "Magic Mike" a male stripper movie inspired by the life story of Channing Tatum, the actor himself insisted that the Steven Soderbergh-directed pic has nothing to do with his life. The husband of Jenna Dewan additionally admitted that he actually never enjoyed taking off his clothes on stage, AceShowbiz reported. "This movie isn't about my life," Tatum said in a cover interview for the latest issue of Entertainment Weekly. "[The plot] has nothing to do with me other than that there's an 18, 19-year-old kid coming into this world. That's it. [But] I think the world is pretty damn accurate. Everything you see in the movie is stuff that I saw." About his own past as a male stripper, the 32-year-old actor shared, "I never enjoyed the taking-the-clothes-off part. You are on a stage with people yelling at you, and you feel you're a rock star, but you're nothing - you're just a guy taking off his clothes, looking like a fool in a stupid outfit." During the chat, Tatum also gushed about his co-star Joe Manganiello whom he dubbed the magnet in the dramedy. While Tatum thought Manganiello was the most appealing stripper in "Magic Mike", his co-star Matthew McConaughey gushed that his character Dallas was the hottest. "Dallas of course," he enthused. "Everybody was pretty damn ripped already, but boy, if you really want to get men in great shape, just tell them they're going to play male strippers in a movie. Vanity, baby." In "Magic Mike", Tatum stars as Mike Matingano, who takes a young dancer named the Kid as his protege. Mike teaches the newbie some fine arts of partying, picking up ladies and making easy money. Starring as the rookie stripper is Alex pettyfer. The drama comedy has been set to close the 18th Annual Los Angeles Film Festival on June 24. It will open wide in theaters across the U.S. five days later on June 29. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Your home is in Armenia – Ameriabank offers mortgage loans for the Diaspora To buy real estate, Diasporans can apply to Ameriabank online to buy, renovate or build a home anywhere in Armenia. Armenia-Qatar ties discussed in Doha The Secretary of Armenia’s Security Council met with the Deputy Secretary General of the National Security Council of Qatar. Surveying works underway in Armenia’s Kirants Surveying works are underway in the Armenian village of Kirants in the northern Tavush province. Armenia calls for prohibiting threats of attacks on nuclear facilities Armenia has raised the need for a treaty prohibiting attacks on nuclear facilities devoted to peaceful purposes. |