01of 05Jennifer Lopez and Samantha BarbashJennifer Lopez as Ramona (left) and Samantha Barbash.STX films/Splash News.comLopez, 50, portrays Ramona — a likeness of Samantha Barbash — inHustlers, the head of a successful strip club who devises a scheme to steal from her Wall Street clients after the 2008 recession hits.Writer/director Lorene Scafaria changed the subjects' names for her film.
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Jennifer Lopez and Samantha Barbash
Jennifer Lopez as Ramona (left) and Samantha Barbash.STX films/Splash News.com
Lopez, 50, portrays Ramona — a likeness of Samantha Barbash — inHustlers, the head of a successful strip club who devises a scheme to steal from her Wall Street clients after the 2008 recession hits.
Writer/director Lorene Scafaria changed the subjects' names for her film.
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Constance Wu and Roselyn “Rosie” Keo
Constance Wu as Destiny (left) and Roselyn Keo.STX films/John Parra/Getty Images
03of 05Julia Stiles and Journalist Jessica PresslerJulia Stiles (left) and Jessica Pressler.STX films/Amy Sussman/WireImageStiles plays Jennifer, a journalist who interviews Wu’s Destiny about the scheme. In real life, it was Pressler who wrote the 2015New York Magazinearticle that told the story of Keo and Barbash.
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Julia Stiles and Journalist Jessica Pressler
Julia Stiles (left) and Jessica Pressler.STX films/Amy Sussman/WireImage
Stiles plays Jennifer, a journalist who interviews Wu’s Destiny about the scheme. In real life, it was Pressler who wrote the 2015New York Magazinearticle that told the story of Keo and Barbash.
04of 05Lili Reinhart and Karina PascucciLili Reinhart as Annabelle (left) and Karina Pascucci.STX films/John Parra/Getty ImagesReinhart plays Annabelle, a gullible exotic dancer who partakes in Ramona and Destiny’s scheme. In real life, Pascucci was an exotic dancer at the strip club Barbash worked at, leading to her participation in stealing from Wall Street clients.
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Lili Reinhart and Karina Pascucci
Lili Reinhart as Annabelle (left) and Karina Pascucci.STX films/John Parra/Getty Images
Reinhart plays Annabelle, a gullible exotic dancer who partakes in Ramona and Destiny’s scheme. In real life, Pascucci was an exotic dancer at the strip club Barbash worked at, leading to her participation in stealing from Wall Street clients.
05of 05Keke Palmer and Marsi RosenKeke Palmer as Mercedes.STX filmsPalmer plays Mercedes in the film who, like Annabelle, is persuaded to join in Ramona and Destiny’s scheme. Marsi Rosen is her real life counterpart. Rosen has kept a relatively low-profile since the group was sentenced for their crimes.
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Keke Palmer and Marsi Rosen
Keke Palmer as Mercedes.STX films
Palmer plays Mercedes in the film who, like Annabelle, is persuaded to join in Ramona and Destiny’s scheme. Marsi Rosen is her real life counterpart. Rosen has kept a relatively low-profile since the group was sentenced for their crimes.
source: people.com
