The supporting female actors in “Magic Mike XXL” shared their wild stories behind the scenes. Amber Heard remembered getting a call from Channing Tatum asking if she would be comfortable in a lap dance scene, per Vanity Fair. Switching the stereotypical roles, Heard was surprised to hear that she would be the one fully clothed while Tatum suggestively danced with her.
Prior to filming the scene, Heard only received a lighter version of the final dance. So, when the cameras started rolling and she received the full effect of Tatum’s moves, her reactions on screen were of genuine shock. “I couldn’t stop laughing the entire time. It was fun,” Heard told Vanity Fair. Jada Pinkett Smith was lucky enough to get an up-close and personal experience on set with Matt Bomer, even though the script didn’t call for it. “I got to get a special lap dance,” Pinkett Smith revealed.
While working on the script, Tatum mostly left the female roles open to interpretation and gave the actors creative control in developing their characters. This included major changes, like when Pinkett Smith took the role of the strip club owner Rome, which was originally a male part. “It was awesome and deeply intelligent for them to do that,” Pinkett Smith said.
In 2022, Tatum was working on the final movie of the “Magic Mike” trilogy. He revealed on “The Ellen Show,” that to prepare, he was following a strict diet and exercise routine in addition to dance rehearsals.
