Alex Pettyfer will play a stripper in the new film
Magic Mike, a movie based on
Channing Tatum's life as a stripper when he was 19 years old.
WATCH: Video footage of Channing Tatum's stripping daysThe 21-year-old British actor was selected by director
Steven Soderbergh and will play a young
Channing,
Deadline reports.
Channing, 31, will play his older mentor who teaches his young friend about life on and off stage.
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