Constance Wu Spent Christmas Eve Touring Five Different Strip Clubs to Prepare for 'Hustlers'

Constance Wutook stripping research seriously forHustlers.

TheFresh Off the Boatstar revealed she spent the holidays in a weird place inVulture’s oral historyof the stripper scam movie, hitting theaters Sept. 13.

“I went to a lot of strip clubs in San Francisco — that’s what I spent my Christmas Eve doing,” Wu, 37, said. “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.”

Along with Wu, the movie stars Jennifer Lopez, Lili Reinhart, Keke Palmer,Cardi Band Lizzo.

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Wu isn’t the only one who did some on the ground research. The movie’s writer and directorLorene Scafariarevealed earlier this summer toVulturehow Lopez and husband-to-beAlex Rodriguezhelped make the movie about strippers as authentic as possible.

“She and Alex went and visited a strip club, and she was able to give me some … insights,”Scafaria told the outlet.

Hustlersopens Sept. 13.

source: people.com