More marquee castings have been announced for the upcoming film Hustlers, which is inspired by a 2015 The Cut article about a group of strippers who take revenge on their boarish Wall Street clients by stealing their credit card info.
The Lorene Scafaria-directed movie finds Cardi B, Riverdale star Lili Reinhart, Julia Stiles,Scream Queens’ Keke Palmer, and Oscar-winner Mercedes Ruehl joining an already stacked cast of Jennifer Lopez and Crazy Rich Asians breakout Constance Wu.
According to Deadline, shooting is expected to begin March 22.
Hustlers is set to be Cardi B’s first feature film role that follows her appearance starring in Pepsi’s 2019 Super Bowl commercial alongside Steve Carrell, Lil Jon, and Monét X Change.
The casting fits because before her breakthrough single “Bodak Yellow” and 2018 album of the year-contender Invasion of Privacy, Cardi B worked as an exotic dancer at a Manhattan Club.
She’s talked about the experience in several interviews, where she said, “People say, ‘Why do you always got to say that you used to be a stripper? We get it.’ Because y’all don’t respect me because of it, and y’all going to respect these strippers from now on.”
“I’m thrilled to have the opportunity to work with this dynamic group of women,” Hustlers director Lorene Scafariasaid of the A-list cast, she said. “We’re grateful to have assembled such a powerhouse cast and can’t wait to start filming at the end of the week.” Lorene is especially excited to work with the one-and-only J. Lo.
“There is no other actor who could embody this raw and dynamic character with such complexity, humanity and, intelligence. It’s always been her. She’s f**king Jennifer Lopez,” she gushed.
So what can fans expect from the Robin Hood-like film? Well, Lorene said it’s all about women breaking the misogynistic rules of the world. “The film is an empathetic look at women and men, our gender roles, what we’re valued for, what we’ve been told is our value in every movie, TV show, every corner of culture. Men have been told they’re worth the size of their bank accounts,” Lorene explained.
“Women have been told they’re worth the symmetry of their faces, their bodies, their beauty, and that’s what this film is based on. The rules of the club are the rules of the world.”