Constance Wu Made $600 While 'Undercover' as a Stripper Before Filming 'Hustlers'

Constance Wureally went Method in preparing forHustlers.

TheCrazy Rich Asiansactress revealed onTheKelly ClarksonShowMonday that as part of her prep for the role, she danced at a real strip club.

“I did work at a strip club to get ready forHustlers. I went undercover. I gave lap dances to strangers,” Wu, 37, told hostKelly Clarkson, who didn’t initially believe her.

“I’m not lying! I made $600 my friend,” Wu added. “I am not being funny, and it was not funny. I put fake tattoos on my neck, changed my hair. You can’t duplicate the first time you walk into a club and say, ‘Hey, I’d like to have a job here,’ and then you go work that night.”

In the film Wu plays struggling single mom Destiny, who finds herself dancing at a strip club alongsideJennifer Lopez’s Ramona and joins in scamming their rich clients.

Wu previously recounted how she prepared for the role inVulture’s oral history in September, saying, “I went to a lot of strip clubs in San Francisco — that’s what I spent my Christmas Eve doing.”

“I went with two of my guy friends and we went to five different clubs. It was so f—— fun. And nobody knew who I was. I’m not really that famous. Also nobody expects this sitcom mother of three boys to be in a strip club.”

The actress also revealed during an appearance onLive with Kelly and Ryanthat she hasn’t yet seen the movie.

“I still haven’t seen it. The last movie I saw of mine wasCrazy Rich Asians,” Wu said.

Wu explained it was difficult to see herself onscreen, saying, “It was watching that movie, after that experience, that I stopped watching anything.”

“I didn’t watch my talk show appearances orFresh Off the BoatorHustlers,” she continued. “Just because I thought, you know, I want to focus on the present and not be self-critical and think too much, dwell too much on the past.”

source: people.com