A rare video of young Channing Tatum performing striptease:
This is a video of Channing Tatum performing strip dance in a Chippendales-style show group known as “Male Encounter” in 1999. Nowadays famous actor performed strip dances under nick-name “Chan Crawford”.
He came to the Male Encounter owner in a Florida nightclub asking about a job. “He was shy at first, but he really knew how to work the stage”, said the owner to US Weekly in 2009, and added that Tatum earned 50 dollars a night plus tips during that time and the women went crazy for him!
He was so impressive that he was noticed by a female casting agent who took him in Ricky Martin’s “She Bangs” video.