Ali Larter chats with Playboy about the whipped cream bikini she donned in Varsity Blues and researching strippers. In the October issue the Heroes star explains her role as Niki was intended to be a stripper and says: “I did some research. I went online. What struck me most was the blankness in most of their eyes. That was what I wanted to show. I thought it was sad, but my boyfriend thought it was thrilling. He’d call while I was researching and say, ‘Hey, what are you doing?’ ‘I’m online, watching some girls stripping.’ He was like, ‘On my way!’ In a recent episode I play a pole dancer. I took private lessons for a week, a couple of hours a day. I have a newfound respect for those women. It’s harder than you imagine, but I made it look good.”
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New York's Playpen closes.
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Lola the Vamp leads the burlesque revival Down Under.
Jo Boobs interviews Satan's Angel.
Monique Honeybush chats about how she started in burlesque, performing at Bonnaroo and her hot dog routine.
Congratulations to Angie Pontani, Jo Boobs, Tigger and the rest of the winners of the Golden Pasties Awards.
1 comment:
Can we have some editorial commentary on the relevance of this actress and her remarks? Is it because she eventually offers some throwaway comment about how she has a "newfound" respect for strippers based on her pole-dancing classes?
And: she went ONLINE to do research on strippers? And then felt so sad for those dead-eyed internet strippers, apparently soulless in comparison with Playboy models and whipped-cream-bikini sporting primetime actresses?
I don't get this. But maybe a viewing of Varsity Blues would help clarify?
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