The best stripping scenes in Magic Mike XXL doesn’t happen on stage. Instead, Joe “Big Dick Ritchie” Manganiello tries to get a rise out of a bored cashier in a convenience store. His steamy moves for her give new meaning to the phrase “quicky mart” and we will never look at a bag of Cheetos in the same way again.
In an essay about her many hours on the Magic Mike set with the friendly heartthrob, Atlanta actress Lindsey Moser describes the challenge of not cracking a smile during filming and what it was like keeping the scene a secret until the film was released. We must say, she does deadpan really, really well.
“It was basically the best day ever,” she writes.
Despite the sexy scene, and many other like it, chick flick has not caught on with gay men.
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So we thought we’d catch up Moser to get the women’s take. Queerty had some additional questions for Lindsey — or as we call her, the luckiest woman on the planet.
Lindsey, do you have any earthly idea how many gay men are living vicariously through you right now?
A lot of people are. It’s a fun scene, a gorgeous man is stripping in a mini-mart! I think all the actors in the movie know and love their audience. They are showing love to people across the board. I’m happy they’re inclusive.
You write that you are prepared to be “on a continuous loop in gay bars.”
A lot of things have happened in my life that I could have never prepared myself for and this sounds like one of the more fun and entertaining things! It would be incredibly fun and super humbling to be on a continuous loop, but my main goal is to work. I love what I do with all my heart and I love that people enjoy this scene. Thank you Joe Manganiello! I am so grateful to the whole MMXXL team.
Some say the film has a feminist message about men paying more attention to their women. Can you get behind that?
Yes, of course as a woman I am totally down with men being more attentive to their women and women being more attentive to their men. Overall, I just hope and pray that people as a whole start to enjoy the wonderful things about each other instead of looking at our differences as a bad things.
I love what Matt Bomer said in one of his interviews, something about the routine the guys had for the film, workouts and diet I’m assuming, gave him a greater appreciation for what women go through. I just love that he was focusing on the empathy that he had for women. I pray that we can all learn to have empathy for one another and that that changes our mindset from exclusion to inclusion.
You’re from Atlanta, one of the strip capitols of the country. Ever been to one of the gay strip clubs?
Honestly, I haven’t been to a strip club of any kind in over 10 years but what I loved the most about gay clubs are the drag shows. Drag shows are just an all around good time!
There’s a debate right now about straight women being cock blockers in gay clubs.
If straight women are getting in the way of romance I would say, stop taking your straight friends!
Gay men could easily debate their favorite parts of Joe Manganiello’s appearance. Having seen it up close and personal for so long, what did you find most impressive?
Joe has some great dance moves for sure. But once he took his shirt off it was hard to focus on one particular thing. Of course, the one handed push-up looking back up at you isn’t too shabby!
Lindsey Moser photo: Charles Green. Joe Manganiello: Warner Bros, Iron Horse Entertainment.
Xzamilio
I swear this is an impossibly good looking man, but no. He does nothing for me. At all. The only ones for me out of that movie (that I did not watch and never plan to) are Adam Rodriguez and Matt Bomer. Rodriguez has some of the sexiest lips and Matt Bomer… just sit down. On. My. Face.
And Donald Glover, but only because he looks game for freaky shit.
Captain Obvious
I wanted to see this movie but then I saw the trailer and kinda lost interest. This one really does seem like it’s totally for the ladies.
Honestly the first one interested me because it seemed like the two guys were almost into each other and because there were very few women actually in the movie so it was a sausage party everyone could enjoy.
This sequel adds tons of women, only has the guys interacting with women, and no gay characters… at least in the trailer.
They can stop trying to pitch it to us if they aren’t going to include us. Show the guys doing the same stuff with gay guys or stop trying to pretend it’s got any content for us.
And despite reports to the contrary most gay men couldn’t care less about that stripper dancing bs that seems to have taken over this sequel as well. It looked like that Step Up movie Tatum also starred in.
They screwed up by removing the brotherly thing from the first movie, they couldn’t just replaced the actor with someone new if he wasn’t working out.
Anyway Hollywood is full of gay guys so they should know how to make movie that appeals to straight women and gay men rather than just straight women while hoping gay men come along as pets.
They even had the nerve to make a commercial with groups of gay women and their one gay pet/”friend” who they make do the stripper moves while laughing and pretending to be aroused. Ridicule is fun!
Maximus Alegria
Brad Loekle
Clark35
Meh he has a roided out body.
mikespar500
He seems like a decent guy. I sure would like to know how he keeps himself looking so young. He never ages.
Stache99
@mikespar500: He’s only 38. Did you know him in High School or something?