Hustlers Movie Based On A True Story

The cast is enticing too starring not only lopez but lili reinhart constance wu cardi b lizzo and more.

The true story behind the film. In fact hustlers actually is based on a true story. Jennifer lopez is currently receiving oscar buzz for her turn as a stripper in new movie hustlers but the true story of the woman j lo s character is based on is arguably even more interesting. Hustlers is based on a new york magazine article about strippers who allegedly drugged men and charged thousands of dollars on their credit cards at new york city clubs.

Lorene knew who she wanted for the film pretty early on and confessed to chasing cardi b for the role for quite some time. Hustlers may have seemed like a wild tale but the hit film was indeed inspired by the true story of a ring of new york strippers who conned their wealthy patrons. But the story behind hustlers is no tall tale. Hustlers starring jennifer lopez and constance wu as ex strippers who swindle money is based on a true story and an article by jessica pressler.

Rather it s based on real life events. Lorene based the movie s screenplay on a new york magazine article appropriately entitled the hustlers at scores right after the awful stock market crash of 2008. Rosie has written a book on the experienced called the sophisticated hustler and joined the cast of the film at tiff where she posed for photographs.