Channing Tatum would do ‘stripper strikes’ as Olympic breakdancer

Why did not we ship Channing Tatum to rep Workforce USA for breakdancing on the Olympics?

Tatum himself responded to a TikToker who had simply that query — a very legitimate one — in a latest interview with Leisure Weekly. In spite of everything, one in every of Tatum’s greatest identified roles is that of male stripper “Magic” Mike Lane.

First, the actor laughed exhausting on the suggestion, as did Naomi Ackie, his costar in upcoming film Blink Twice, who was by his facet for the dialog.

“That might be sick,” the Step Up star stated, claiming that he is not superb at breakdancing. “However that is very candy that she would assume that. I might simply do a whole lot of stripper strikes.”

That might in all probability be okay with lots of people, since Tatum’s trilogy with director and producer Steven Soderbergh was successful.

Though Tatum wasn’t a part of the breakdancing occasion on the 2024 Summer time Olympics in Paris, the web was amused by the abilities of no less than one competitor within the sport, which was new to the Video games this yr. Although Australian competitor Raygun did not win a single level from the judges, her routine shortly went viral. She was applauded by Adele, who referred to as the addition of the game “f—ing unbelievable” and stated she and her “associates have been s—ting ourselves laughing for practically 24 hours” over Raygun’s quirky routine.

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Saturday Evening Stay star Chloe Fineman parodied Raygun’s strikes on social media, and SNL alum Rachel Dratch did her personal impression this week whereas interrupting Jimmy Fallon’s monologue on The Tonight Present.

Whereas Tatum’s Olympic plans are, nicely, nonexistent, he can been seen in his new film, Blink Twice, which is directed by his fiancée, Zoe Kravitz, and in addition stars Haley Joel Osment, Alia Shawkat, and Christian Slater, in theaters Aug. 23.

With extra reporting by Briana Edwards.