Aubrey Plazais channelingJennifer Lopez‘sHustlerscharacter!During Thursday’sepisodeofThe Ellen DeGeneres Show, Plaza, 35, was asked about her upcoming gig hosting theIndependent Spirit Awardsfor the second time next month. At the annual awards show, Lopez, 50, isnominatedfor the best supporting female award forHustlers, in which she plays the leader of a group of strippers who scammed high-rolling men out of thousands of dollars.“Will you do weird things for the show like — here’s what I’m thinking,”Ellen DeGeneressaid during the interview. “Jennifer Lopezis nominated forHustlers. You should do like a pole routine!”“Absolutely not,” theParks and Recreationalum replied.However, DeGeneres, 61, had a surprise up her sleeve, and brought out a stripper pole for Plaza to “practice” her Independent Spirit Awards routine on.“You said you don’t mind being humiliated and I think it would be funny and so I got a pole here,” the television host explained as Plaza audibly groaned. “You said you don’t mind being humiliated and this — we’re not even sure if you’ll be humiliated! This is gonna be fun for all of us.”Michael Rozman/Warner Bros.STXfilms“I don’t want to do this,” Plaza said as she stepped up to the pole.The actress first attempted Lopez’siconicHustlersmoveof flipping upside down while on the pole, but quickly fell over onto the ground. DeGeneres helped her back onto the pole, joking, “You’re not that good at it!”Plaza then successfully grabbed onto the pole and slid down it, before jokingly posing and giving a thumbs up on the ground.“That’s wonderful!” DeGeneres laughed. “That’s great!”Barbara Nitke/STXfilmsIn September, Lopez releaseda behind-the-scenes YouTube videoexplaining how she learned to pole dance last year forHustlers. The intense process involved working with a personal trainer and setting up a practice pole in her home.“This is just as hard as anything I’ve ever learned,” the actress and singer says at one point in the video, pointing out the cuts and bruises on her legs. “It might be one of the hardest.”Though Lopez was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award and aGolden GlobeforHustlers, she did not receive a Best Supporting ActressOscar nominationon Monday, leading to shock andoutrage from her fans.The stripper drama, based on a true story, opened to an estimated $33.2 million, as well as anoverwhelmingly positive responsefrom critics.
Aubrey Plazais channelingJennifer Lopez‘sHustlerscharacter!
During Thursday’sepisodeofThe Ellen DeGeneres Show, Plaza, 35, was asked about her upcoming gig hosting theIndependent Spirit Awardsfor the second time next month. At the annual awards show, Lopez, 50, isnominatedfor the best supporting female award forHustlers, in which she plays the leader of a group of strippers who scammed high-rolling men out of thousands of dollars.
“Will you do weird things for the show like — here’s what I’m thinking,”Ellen DeGeneressaid during the interview. “Jennifer Lopezis nominated forHustlers. You should do like a pole routine!”
“Absolutely not,” theParks and Recreationalum replied.
However, DeGeneres, 61, had a surprise up her sleeve, and brought out a stripper pole for Plaza to “practice” her Independent Spirit Awards routine on.
“You said you don’t mind being humiliated and I think it would be funny and so I got a pole here,” the television host explained as Plaza audibly groaned. “You said you don’t mind being humiliated and this — we’re not even sure if you’ll be humiliated! This is gonna be fun for all of us.”
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“I don’t want to do this,” Plaza said as she stepped up to the pole.
The actress first attempted Lopez’siconicHustlersmoveof flipping upside down while on the pole, but quickly fell over onto the ground. DeGeneres helped her back onto the pole, joking, “You’re not that good at it!”
Plaza then successfully grabbed onto the pole and slid down it, before jokingly posing and giving a thumbs up on the ground.
“That’s wonderful!” DeGeneres laughed. “That’s great!”
Barbara Nitke/STXfilms
In September, Lopez releaseda behind-the-scenes YouTube videoexplaining how she learned to pole dance last year forHustlers. The intense process involved working with a personal trainer and setting up a practice pole in her home.
“This is just as hard as anything I’ve ever learned,” the actress and singer says at one point in the video, pointing out the cuts and bruises on her legs. “It might be one of the hardest.”
Though Lopez was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award and aGolden GlobeforHustlers, she did not receive a Best Supporting ActressOscar nominationon Monday, leading to shock andoutrage from her fans.
The stripper drama, based on a true story, opened to an estimated $33.2 million, as well as anoverwhelmingly positive responsefrom critics.
source: people.com
