Channing Tatum and Salma Hayek Magic Mike’s Last Dance is the third and final film in the franchise, which started in 2012. The first film was Magic Mike
followed by Magic Mike XXL in 2015 and the franchise ended Magic Mike’s Last Dance in 2023.Given the title, it’s no surprise that the film features a lot of intense dance scenes. But doing one of these steps could “almost kill” the lead actress. Salma Hayek (who played Mike’s love interest in Magic Mike’s Last Dance) said that in one of the scenes everything went wrong, which almost killed her.
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Channing Tatum’s stunt almost killed Salma Hayek
In an interview with Jimmy Kimmel Live, Salma Hayek said Channing Tatum “almost killed” her in rehearsal when a lap dance went wrong. Hayek ended up upside down with Tatum holding onto her pants. The star of Mexican origin recalls:
“You know, this part that’s not there is where I’m upside down and my feet had to be somewhere. But when you’re upside down, you lose your sense of direction, and I didn’t do what I was supposed to do. So during rehearsal I fell on my head, almost hitting my head.”
Hayek added:
(Channing) was holding my pants, but I was very worried because my pants were disappearing and I couldn’t remember if I had underwear or not at that point. So instead of using my hands to protect my head, I just held onto my pants. He was like, “Put your hands up,” and I was like, “No, no, no, no.”
The 57-year-old concluded:
“Everyone would come and kind of take me away from him, and he’d say, ‘What’s wrong with you?’ I said, “What’s wrong with me?” You almost killed me!”
IN Magic Mike’s Last Dance, Tatum returned as the titular stripper. He falls in love with a passionate, wealthy older woman (played by Salma Hayek) who invites him to organize a stripper show in London.
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Salma Hayek’s role in Magic Mike’s Last Dance Was “physically difficult” for her
Salma Hayek talks about her intimate scenes with Channing Tatum Film by Steven Soderbergh. The Oscar-nominated star spoke to Entertainment Tonight about what it was like filming the film, which featured a sexy lap dance scene between her and Tatum.
She said that “It’s very physically demanding.” The Hollywood star also added that it was a “magical moment” that made her remember who she really was.
Hayek gave some insight into her character and went on to say that she simply sat and watched 12 half-naked men dance and pirouette. And she had to “command them.”
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Source: Jimmy Kimmel Live, Entertainment tonight