A lot of new blood on Magic Mike about a bunch of Hollywood hunks strutting their hot bodies partly to swoon over and partly for laughs. This project may found its inspiration in the revelation from a few years ago that rising star Channing Tatum had a secret past as a stripper in his late teens. We all know that Soderbergh writes, produces and edits some of his films, but did you know that after working with cinematographers Walt Lloyd and Elliot Davis in the earlier era of his career, he worked under the pseudonym Peter Andrews and lensed his own movies? Maybe I was just sleeping under a rock, but Magic Mike will be his first movie officially crediting his actual identity.[Pictures via Advocate, EW, Hollywood Dame]
Anyhow, as far as "Oscar talk" people are mumbling something about Tatum's costar Matthew McConaughey. All my girlfriends think he's sexy. I just don't get it. He is one of my least favorite actors working in Hollywood and he has had way more opportunities than he has earned. I'll admit, though, he was perfectly cast early in his career as the sleazy twentysomething scamming high-school tail. He had that part down. He has never been as good since, though he has more plum roles springing up in Mud and The Paperboy before he hopefully permanently retires to the small screen. If his character is unrepentantly void of earnestness, then, yeah, maybe he has a chance. Also, in this cast is eternally adorable Matt Bomer with his lean, God-like features, as well as True Blood wolf-blooded Joseph Manganiello, Alex Pettyfer, and Adam Rodriguez.
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