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" Magic Mike star Alex Pettyfer has offered tips on how to make a stripping routine sexy. The actor - who plays an exotic dancer in director Steven Soderbergh&amp;#039;s new film - explained that he learned a great deal from his stripper-turned-actor co-star Channing Taum.  &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;ve never danced in my life [before Magic Mike],&amp;quot; Pettyfer revealed to E! News. &amp;quot;I can&amp;#039;t put one foot in front of the other, let alone shake it... But you know what I learned - apart from Channing&amp;#039;s amazing dancing - the funnier, the grimier, the dirtier it is, the bigger reaction you get.&amp;quot; Pettyfer went on to describe the anxiety of stripping down before Soderbergh&amp;#039;s camera for the very first time. &amp;quot;When you see me come out for the first time with the song &amp;#039;Like a Virgin&amp;#039; is the first time I had ever performed any dance, it was the first time I had ever really been on stage in front of an audience,&amp;quot; he recalled.  &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;ve always been able to hide behind a camera. [Here], all the reactions you get are genuinely the same reactions you see in the movie because Stephen shoots the audience at the same time he&amp;#039;s shooting you, so you really got to impress them.&amp;quot; Petty previously described that first stripping routine as highly embarrassing. Magic Mike opens in the US on June 29 and July 11 in the UK. Watch a red band Magic Mike trailer below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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