Queens: how did Jennifer Lopez prepare for her role as a stripper?

Released in theaters in 2019, the movie named Queensdirected by Lorene Scafaria, will be broadcast Sunday, October 2, 2022, from 9:05 p.m. on the channel TF1 film series. Worn by Constance WuJennifer Lopez, Julia StilesKeke Palmer and Lili Reinhart, this feature film features a group of strippers who have set up a scam to rob their wealthy clients. With an estimated production budget of just $20 million, this film collected more than 157 million dollars during its theatrical exploitation. In addition to this great commercial success, press reviews were mostly positive, particularly with regard to the provision of Jennifer Lopez.

To best prepare for her role as a stripper, the singer frequented dancers and strip clubs, in order to observe the daily life of these women. “I would meet them backstage and listen to them talk about their careers as dancers. I soaked up the atmosphere of the place and wanted to learn how to do the gestures for real, including dancing on the pole bar . I think a lot of people would be surprised – even though they shouldn’t be – to know that most of these women are just trying to get by. We can easily recognize ourselves in the difficulties they encounter. They just want to support themselves and their families and we wanted to tell all this on the screen“, explained Jennifer Lopez.

Queens: the actresses had to learn to use a pole-dance bar for the needs of the film

For the record, actresses playing strippers faced many challenges on this film, in particular that of learning to evolve on a pole-dance bar. “I’ve never hurt my muscles so much as when I trained on this bar“, said Constance Wu. Even Jennifer Lopez, who is nevertheless a confirmed dancer, lined with a great sportswoman, recognized that it was a difficult test. “I trained for almost six months to prepare for this film. I took a portable pole bar to every city I went to, so I never missed a workout. I challenged muscles I had never used before and came out of every workout with new bruises. My shoulders and back are still recovering!“, underlined the musician.

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