Kumail Nanjianiis drawing the line at becoming a Chippendales dancer.
TheBig Sickactor, 45, revealed in an interview withE! Newsahead of theEmmy Awards 2023that despite starring in a series about Chippendales dancers — he wouldn’t consider taking on that role in real life.
“No, I’ve never stripped. No, I never did it on the show either.” Nanjiani shared, further adding that he “wouldn’t be good at it.”
“I can barely get my clothes on and off every day,” he admitted. “To make it look sexy is like… I’m an awkward — physically awkward person.”
Kumail Nanjiani in ‘Welcome to Chippendales’.Erin Simkin/Hulu
In the Hulu showWelcome to Chippendales,the 45-year-old actor plays Somen “Steve” Banerjee, an Indian immigrant who founded the male-stripping empire. The series follows Banerjee’s legacy, which was shrouded in greed, scandal and murder as a result of the competition spawned from the strip club’s instantaneous success throughout the early 1980s.
That’s just one of the many projects Nanjiani and his wifeEmily V. Gordonhave teamed up to produce, along withTheBig Sick. However, the pair toldE! Newsthat working together can have its own challenges and that to make their projects successful, they must “have a lot of rules.”
“That’s the most important thing,” Gordon said. “You have to have rules about when you can talk about work and you cannot talk about work in bed. And do your best not to do a face, because apparently I have a face I make at Kumail…”
Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic
Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.
“That’s the hardest part about working together,” Nanjiani continued. " We know each other’s faces so well. Like I say something and I’m like, ‘You’re making that face…’ "
“It’s like a mindread thing,” he added. “You just have to be— make rules, be careful.”
SeePEOPLE’s full coverageof the 75th annual Primetime Emmy Awards as they’re broadcasting live on Fox from the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles.
source: people.com
