Producers of “Magic Mike XXL” have issued a stern warning to extras, with a possible $5 million fine, not to leak photos or the movie’s plot — but Sofía Vergara arrived on the set to visit boyfriend Joe Manganiello and quickly ignored the no-photo policy by posting on Instagram.
On Friday, Vergara, who’s not in the cast, posted an image of four shirtless men on stage, one of whom looks like Manganiello and one who appears to be Channing Tatum, captioned, “Hehe.”
The production in Savannah, Ga., had been taking precautions to keep plot secrets strictly under wraps.
On Wednesday, the official casting page on Facebook posted, “Just a reminder . . . Warner Bros. don’t play . . . do NOT violate your on-set [non-disclosure agreement] which includes photography and talking to anyone about the plot,” along with the link to an article about a “Batman v Superman” extra who could be fined $5 million for leaking details.
Vergara behaved herself otherwise, with a source telling us, “She was checking out the dance numbers and mingling with the cast and crew.” The source said the film “was just stripping scene after scene, hour after hour, and there were all these girls screaming their heads off.”
The movie may be too racy for some extras.
In mid-October, the sequel flick’s Facebook page posted:
“DO NOT SUBMIT if you are not comfortable around nudity and acts of a sexual nature.” One post reportedly stated, “Seriously . . . we warn you guys like a bazillion times and we had three women leave this morning. Girl.”
It looks like they’re still having problems.
Friday, producers posted a Facebook warning that extras must stay all day.
“We have had a number of people leaving set with the lamest excuses ever assembled . . . ALL DAY MEANS ALL DAY. If you have children and child-care issues — DO NOT SUBMIT. This is a JOB . . . and you make us all look bad when you walk off the set because you suddenly got your period. (Ten of those since 9 a.m. today) . . . And for the love of the Baby Jesus … we expect you to show up.”
The latter post was removed after we called Warner Bros for comment.