Channing Tatum almost turned down 'Magic Mike 3' because "you have to starve yourself".
Channing Tatum reveals why he almost turned down Magic Mike 3
The 41-year-old actor admitted he was initially reluctant to return to the franchise for 'Magic Mike's Last Dance' because he was worried about the intense diet and fitness regime he would have to embark on to play a stripper.
After chat show host Kelly Clarkson showed a shirtless picture of him in character, he said: "That might be the reason why I didn't want to do a third one. Because I have to look like that.
"It's hard to look like that. Even if you do work out, to be that kind of in shape is not natural. That's not even healthy. You have to starve yourself. I don't think when you're that lean, it's actually healthy.
"I don't know how people who work a 9 to 5 actually stay in shape because it's my full-time job, and I can barely do it.
"Why — when it takes like, I don't know, two months to get really lean — in three days, you can lose [a six-pack]? It's gone. I was like, 'What happened?'"
Meanwhile, Channing previously said he wants the third movie to be like the "Super Bowl of stripping".
He said: "I want it to be the Super Bowl of stripping.
"I want dancing like we've never been able to do in the other two movies, because we had to be honest to what the reality of that world is, which isn't great dancing."
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