It turns out that persuading rich white men to make a movie about other rich white men being scammed wasn’t easy. This is the oral history of how HustlersMovie got made
From left, Lili Reinhart, Constance Wu, Jennifer Lopez, and Keke Palmer. Photo: Art Streiber Jennifer Lopez is hanging upside down on a stripper pole as dozens of extras gently pelt her with money in the opening scene of Hustlers.
Lorene Scafaria: I was really trying to fight for the job and hoped that I could do as much directing as possible on paper in order to start to convince everyone that the director of The Meddler [an earnest mother-daughter comedy-drama starring Susan Sarandon and Rose Byrne] should be the director of Hustlers. I did a second draft, and then it became a sort of reckoning of who was going to direct it. Adam McKay knew I really wanted it. I remember him saying, “I hope Scorsese passes.
2. Pray J.Lo Doesn’t Photo: Art Streiber After Scafaria landed the job, she spent two years chasing the cast of her dreams. Lizzo, Trace Lysette, Keke Palmer, Mette Towley, Jacq the Stripper, and Cardi B all eventually signed on. But for Scafaria, one name loomed the largest: Jennifer Lopez. She knew if she didn’t get Lopez, the whole thing might fall apart.
Scafaria: I remember trying to cast the Mercedes role and saying, “It has to be Keke Palmer.” This character needs to be the one who makes Ramona laugh. Lili Reinhart, Annabelle: It was animal crackers and Sprite mixed together. I would take a large gulp of it and keep it in my mouth, and when they were ready, I would just let it go. But it just tasted like animal crackers, so I didn’t care.
Goldsmith-Thomas: I’d say [the male studio executives] were a little uncomfortable. Everybody could see the commercial value of this movie, but they were like, “Can they just drug the bad guys? Can they just do it to the people that deserve it?” They all could celebrate The Wolf of Wall Street — a guy doing it to women. By the way, does anyone deserve to be drugged? No!
I knew there was a market for this movie. There aren’t strip-club movies that portrayed women in a way that I was excited about. Why are we focused on these guys sitting at the table? We were pointing the camera at the wrong place. Elbaum: We were prepping by February, we made the movie in March, we wrapped it in May, and the movie’s coming out in September, which is insane. Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas always joked on set, “I think we’re actually making this movie?” Even the day we wrapped, she was like, “Guys, I think we’re making this movie.”
Musky: When I first read the script, Show Palace was the exact strip club I had in my mind — big enough and multilevel enough to really jazz up. The owner was a great guy, and we put him in the movie; he’s paying Destiny her tip in the office. Lopez: I watched the ladies do their routines, met with them backstage, and talked about what it was like to have a career as a dancer. I soaked up the atmosphere and wanted to learn how to do things authentically.
Scafaria: Part of the joy was seeing [Lopez’s character] Ramona dress like her style icon Jennifer Lopez. We spoke about the labels that were big back then and Juicy — Jennifer made the Juicy suit famous herself! I have a feeling she’s going to bring it back. We wanted things that made people go, “Oh my God, I was wearing those in 2007.” Every earring is telling a story. I have a feeling there are going to be a lot of bandage dresses coming back. But I hope not.
Wu: Working with all girls, that was special because so often in movies, there’s one girl. That naturally creates a scarcity complex, which creates competition. But there was zero competition. Wu: I didn’t want to do nudity. I just wasn’t into it. It’s not that I think there’s anything wrong with it and I don’t believe in it. It’s just a personal thing.
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