Dancing on demand? Sounds a little familiar for “Magic Mike.”Director Steven Soderbergh said that the third — and presumably final — “Magic Mike” film was due to his urging.“This third one was being made at my demand,” Soderbergh, who didn’t direct the sequel film “Magic Mike Xxl,” told Thrillist.
“I was the one that said, ‘I want to do this, and here’s what I want to do.’”Star and co-creator Channing Tatum previously admitted to Variety that he had no interest in reprising his former stripper role, especially after the “Magic Mike Live” show and a four-year acting hiatus.
“I didn’t want to,” Tatum said.
“My live show was the third one.
We chewed all the meat off that — no pun intended.”While Soderbergh was developing his own “Magic Mike” Broadway musical, he previously said he was inspired by the live show’s theme of deconstructing female desire.
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