Chris Pratt Used to Be a Stripper
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Chris Pratt used to work as a part-time stripper.
The Parks and Recreation actor claims he "loved to get naked" and so decided to make money out of his passion for nudity by taking off his clothes and performing sexual dance routines for women when he was just 18 years old.
Although Chris never worked as a stripper full-time, it was one of the many jobs he had before making it as a Hollywood actor: "I was always very much a naked person. I loved to get naked. I was very free, so I thought, I may as well get paid."
The 34-year-old actor even performed for his friend's grandmother for a small fee but he admits his poor dancing skills failed to land him a job as a professional stripper. "I was never like Magic Mike. I did go one time and audition on a stage for a club, but I don't think I got the job. I don't think I'm a very good dancer," he explained.
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Matthew McConaughey: Stripping is a ‘Drug’
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Matthew McConaughey says stripping is like "a drug."
The 42-year-old actor was told by director Steven Soderbergh that he didn't have to bare all in new movie Magic Mike - in which he plays former stripper Dallas - but knew he would regret it if he didn't flash his flesh, and was surprised by how much he enjoyed the experience.
"It wasn't in the script, but Soderbergh said in the beginning that if it felt right, I could strip at the end of the movie. I said, 'I gotta dance, man.' I would regret it for the rest of my life if I was in a male stripper movie and didn't get up there and strip myself. At first it was scary as hell, but then it became like a drug, and I couldn't wait to do it again. Look, I love to dance, but I've never been a stripper. Channing [Tatum]'s one of the best hip-hop street dancers I've ever seen, and I didn't want to challenge his style, so I worked on my own strengths. I also knew that my dance had to be the dirtiest. It had to be wonderfully filthy," he admitted.
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