Olivia Munn’s character in Magic Mike isn’t a stripper, but that didn’t stop her from stripping onscreen!
And the 32-year-old actress was absolutely OK with it.
Munn admits she “forgot” about her topless moment until she saw it at the premiere in an interview with Vulture.
“It didn’t feel gratuitous the way it was shot — I think that’s what every actress says, right?” I would only do it for a select few filmmakers. Also, my character was coming out of the shower, and I didn’t wear a shirt in the shower to make it as genuine as possible,” she revealed.
Munn also spoke about how she handled the moment on set on the day of the production, saying, “The day of the shoot, I locked it down. I only wanted the people who absolutely had to be there. I even cleared out video village, which you’d normally forget about.”
“Magic Mike” is mainly about the film’s male actors who strip down to their underwear, and according to Munn, they weren’t as hesitant to show off their assets as she was.
“I’d get my robe when they yelled ‘Cut.’” What about the guys? They’d still be all asses shaking, walking around. They didn’t put their robes on ever,” she said.
Munn’s character, Joanna, has a fear of commitment, which she has seen personally. “I modelled her after an ex-boyfriend.” It’s the guy you’re dating who’s fun, cute, and you have fantastic sex, and three weeks in you say, ‘So, my friends are throwing this small party…,’ and he’s like, ‘Whoa!’ What? “I just thought we were having a good time,” Munn tells Vulture. “What happens when women do that?” They’re either a slut or a bitch. I didn’t want her to be either. She is a sexual being. She’s following her own path.”
She recently said that she paid a visit to the set on her days off to “rate the men” in the picture.
Olivia said, “I came to set when I wasn’t even on the sheet that day to come in.” “I’d come in specifically — I’d go out of my way and cancel all other stuff just to go in and watch them dance and then I would rate them,” she said.
