Salma Hayek to Replace Thandiwe Newton in ‘Magic Mike’s Last Dance’
thewrap.comThandiwe Newton is departing the cast of the third “Magic Mike” film, “Magic Mike’s Last Dance,” and she’ll be replaced in the film by Salma Hayek, a Warner Bros.
spokesperson told TheWrap. “Thandiwe Newton has made the difficult decision to step away from the production of Warner Bros.
Pictures’ ‘Magic Mike’s Last Dance’ to deal with family matters,” a spokesperson said in a statement. Channing Tatum and the original filmmaking team, including director Steven Soderbergh, are all returning for the “Magic Mike” threequel, which is currently filming on location in London.
Newton’s role was being kept under wraps, but Hayek will be the female lead for the film opposite Tatum’s Mike Lane, the male stripper who took a 19-year-old newcomer under his wing in the original “Magic Mike” in 2012 before leaving the club where he performed.
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