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Salma Hayek opened up about shooting her lap dance in Magic Mike’s Last Dance and admitted it was ‘very physically challenging’ to film.
The 56-year-old actress stepped in to replace Thandiwe Newton as the upcoming stripper flick’s female lead and has since admitted the routine was more ‘complicated’ than she may have expected.
Her racy cameo was teased in the latest trailer for the third instalment of the film franchise that also stars Channing Tatum, 42.
‘It’s very physically challenging,’ Salma said. ‘My goodness. You just wait to see. It’s just complicated.
‘I play a strong woman.’
Salma Hayek revealed things weren’t as easy as they looked during that lap dance scene (Picture: Shutterstock)
The Puss in Boots star stepped in to take over as the film’s leading lady (Picture: Warner Bro’s)
She continued to Entertainment Tonight: ‘You know what was my day going into the office? I would just sit around and watch, like, 12 men, semi-naked dancing and doing pirouettes. And I got to boss them around.’
During her behind-the-scenes chat, the actress was joined on the channel’s sofa by Puss in Boots co-star Antonio Banderas who chimed in with: ‘Poor girl’ before joking he should have been cast alongside her.
Salma replied with: ‘He would have shamed them. He’s a really good dancer, Antonio.’
It was earlier reported that Thandiwe made the ‘difficult decision’ to step away from the film – which will see Channing reprise his role as Mike Lane – to ‘deal with family matters’.
The third instalment of the popular films will see Channing Tatum reprise his role (Picture: Warner Bro’s)
The actress is taking over the role that was previously played by Thandiwe Newton (Picture: Getty Images)
A Warner Bros. spokesperson told Variety at the time: ‘Thandiwe Newton has made the difficult decision to step away from the production of Warner Bros. Pictures’ Magic Mike’s Last Dance to deal with family matters.’
Channing recently teased that Magic Mike’s Last Dance will be ‘wild’ and said: ‘We’re gonna go big. I mean truly, we’re not gonna leave anything on the bench.
‘We’re taking it out, we’re putting it on stage, it’s gonna be wild. I was like, “Why are we going to make a third one if not just go really, really, really for the stars?”’
The Lost City star admitted returning to the stripper franchise has been ‘fun’ because the project is so familiar.
He shared: ‘It’s been fun reuniting with the crew. [‘Magic Mike’] is kind of like home.’
Magic Mike’s Last Dance is set to hit screens everywhere on 10 February 2023.
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‘You just wait to see’.
