When Jennifer Lopez read the script for “Hustlers,” she felt an immediate connection to Ramona, the most powerful stripper at a New York club during the 2008 financial crisis.But she also liked that the screenplay for “Hustlers,” written by Lorene Scafaria, touched on much deeper themes.
“It’s about the people, but it’s also about something bigger,” Lopez said.
“It’s a universal story about iife and greed and desperation and what people do.”Stx Entertainment’s “Hustlers,” which opens in theaters on Sept.
13, premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on Saturday night, to wildly enthusiastic reviews.
The following day, the film’s cast – Lopez, Constance Wu, Keke Palmer and Julia Stiles – and Scafaria, who also directed the movie, sat down for an interview at the Variety Studio presented by AT&T.When asked if they considered “Hustlers” a feminist film, Wu responded quickly.
“I think it’s a feminist story,
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