CHANNING TATUM
in Australia
Tuesday December 3, 2019
Channing Tatum stopped by The Project on Tuesday December 3 to announce his popular strip show Magic Mike Live to Australia!
Channing: "We are bringing Magic Mike Live, which is our live dance show to Melbourne, we're gonna be here for like 24 weeks, and then we're gonna go to Sydney, and then Brisbane, and then Perth."
Channing: "It's happening... we're comin' for you Australia. Melbourne, see you in May 2020!"
On Tatum Tuesday of course, Channing appeared live at the desk, chatting with Lisa Wilkinson, Tommy Little, Waleed Aly and Hugh Riminton about what audiences can expect at the Australian Magic Mike Live shows.
Tatum says that audience will not be disappointed, promising a magic show and encouraging boyfriends to bring their girlfriend along to see Magic Mike Live.
Channing: "You're gonna get what you saw in the movies. You're gonna get what you came for. There's gonna be a bunch of naked dudes. It's supposed to me you feel good. It's a really fun show."
Bringing Magic Mike Live down under, you know there's got to be Aussie dancers.
Channing: "Out of 15 dancers, I think we have 10 Aussies."
Channing: "The world of stripping is maybe not the best. We made it a fun movie, but the world itself can be kind of dark. And we kinda made it a little more fun and thats why we wanted to make a live show to kind of just completely change it and evolve it. It's a show that basically hasn't evolved since the 80's when they actually kind of started creating male stripping. I can't believe I'm "changing" male stripping."
Channing chats with Tommy Little about their past jobs as Strippers, with Tommy revealing he was a male stripper
Tommy: "Male stripping needed to change... I was actually a male stripper as well. My name was Four Centimetres of Fury."
When Lisa Wilkinson asked Channing, if he had a Stripper name, he has this to say.
Channing: "I did... It's not something you're allow to name yourself. Chan Crawford. No idea. Zero clue. I was 18 and was like 'Ok, whatever you say boss', I was 18 and an idiot."
Channing: "We did the first movies, and we just wanted to make like a little indie 70's movie with one of my like idols as far as a filmmaker Steven Soderbergh. But the two [Magic Mike] movies we about guys. We didn't want to make a third film, we wanted to make this. And this is actually for women. Made by a bunch of men but with the guidance of women."
When Hugh changed the topic from Magic Mike Live to acting, Channing confessed he loves to switch it up.
Channing: "I just like mixing it up. I don't like doing the same thing twice. The Jump Street movies were my real foray into comedy, I learned a lot on those movies. I personally think in general movies should have it all."
Tommy then asked Channing if there was going to be a Jump Street sequel.
Channing: "We had probably one of the best third movie scripts that has maybe ever been written for a series, and for a lot of reasons that I'm not going to get into, we think we're gonna not do that script and just do a fourth one. I don't know why, it's our dumb logic, but I'm hoping that it does. Hopefully someone is writing it now to do later on next year."
Magic Mike Live kicks off in Melbourne on Tuesday May 26, 2020. Tickets on sale now.
magicmikelive.com.au
Photos courtesy of The Project (Channel 10)
