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JB Hi-Fi has more than
just blockbusters!
Peaky Blinders: Series 2
July 3
In the second season of Britain’s
answer to
Boardwalk Empire
,
the
razor-wielding gangsters set out to
conquer London.
It Follows
July 29
A teen is stalked by malevolent,
shapeshifting entity in one of the best
horror flicks of recent years.
Top Five
July 29
Chris Rock wrote, directed and stars in
this hilarious comedy about a Hollywood
star desperate to be taken seriously.
R
eprising their roles as
male strippers in this
sequel, Channing
Tatum and Joe Manganiello
adopt their most innocent
expressions when
STACK
asks them to explain the
XXL suffix.
“The ‘X’ is for all the Xtra
stuff that you loved in the
first one and then the ‘L’ is for
laughter. Lots more laughter,”
grins Manganiello.
The fact is that before
Tatum became a major
Hollywood player, he actually
did pay his rent as a male
stripper, leading him to
pitch a version of his own
story for the first
Magic
Mike
. Directed by Steven
Soderbergh, the movie
became a surprise hit.
Equally surprising was how
much the guys actually
enjoyed playing their
stripper roles, reuniting in
XXL
with original cast-mates
Matt Bomer, Kevin Nash and
Adam Rodriguez.
Nobody wants to see a
flabby stripper, yet filming on
locations in Georgia and South
Carolina – known for their high
calorific culinary delights –
was a form of torture.
“Working out is fun,
especially when you can do
it with buddies, but it's the
dieting that sucks. No cake.
But it's really good motivation
knowing you’re about to
get butt naked in front of
thousands of people and
then more than that, because
it's going to be on screens all
over the world,” says Tatum,
who looked to Manganiello
to be the cheerleader in the
gym. “Joe enjoys working out
more than anyone else on
this planet.”
If one thing really chafed
on
XXL
, it was the thongs.
“Right before I have to get
in a thong, I ask myself:
Why did I want to do this
movie again?" notes Tatum.
"It doesn’t matter how cool
you are on stage – as soon
as you get into a thong, it
knocks the cool right out of
you. I’d hoped we wouldn’t
do thongs this time round
because most of the actual
male revues use boxer
briefs or tightie whities.”
As proud as he is of his
manhood, Manganiello is
no fan of the thong either.
“I was actually quite angry
when I found out, post-
Magic
Mike
, that apparently no-one
has worn a thong since the
’80s.”
Gill Pringle
Magic Mike XXL
is in
cinemas on July 9 and
reviewed on page 26
A HARD ACT
TO FOLLOW
Checking out the billboards for
Magic Mike XXL
, it’s easy to jump
to conclusions given the close-up on the bulging underpants and
suggestive “Coming Soon” tease.
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