![]() In August of the same year, Alex Sharp was cast to play a male lead in the film, a tech billionaire in his early 20s who becomes the target of the wager between the two con-women. By March, Chris Addison was hired to direct, in his feature film helming debut. The title was a reference to the " nasty woman" comment which Donald Trump directed at Hillary Clinton during their campaign debates. In January 2017, the working title of the film was revealed to now be Nasty Women, which was retitled The Hustle with Anne Hathaway set as co-lead to Wilson. Jac Schaeffer wrote the updated script, with credit also going to the previous films' screenwriters Stanley Shapiro, Paul Henning, and Dale Launer. The project is a joint production, with Roger Birnbaum and Wilson producing through their studios Pin High Productions and Camp Sugar Productions, respectively. This time it was set to feature two con women, Rebel Wilson was announced as one of its stars. In August 2016, it was announced that Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer was developing a female-centered remake of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988), which in turn was a remake of Bedtime Story (1964). Anne Hathaway as Josephine Chesterfield.They are then shown committing a successful con during the Christmas holidays, getting along, with Penny and Thomas resuming their relationship.Ī post-credits scene shows both women in one of their earlier "Lord of the Rings" con acts. ![]() Thomas suggests they work together to make even more money, which Josephine and Penny agree to. They reluctantly go along with his act but hold $2,000,000 against him before they trust him. Their farewell is cut short when Thomas returns while in the middle of a con act against wealthy tourists in which he includes the two women. Out of sympathy, Josephine gives her the money from their "Lord of the Rings" con acts. Penny realizes that she had also been conned by him Thomas reveals via text that his grandmother was the original Medusa and he inherited her title, though his feelings for Penny were genuine.Ī fortnight later, Penny is leaving Josephine's residence. Josephine catches up to her, admitting that she and Thomas never had sex and that he conned her into investing $500,000 into his company. Penny gives him $500,000 back and he leaves in a plane. The next morning, Thomas admits to Penny that he paid for her eye care, but he must leave France. Penny breaks free from the wall and learns from a hotel server that Josephine never left his room, which makes her assume that they have had sex. Josephine later shows up at Thomas' hotel room, attempting to seduce him. To hold her up, Josephine tells the women Penny lied about being blind, and they glue her hand to the wall. Josephine changes the wager of stealing Thomas' money to stealing his feelings instead. She tells Josephine that the wager is off, having developed some feelings for him. Penny uses sympathy gained by a few women at the club to have them ambush Josephine in the bathroom while she spends alone time with Thomas, but she learns that Thomas is not a billionaire and that he intends to use the last amount of his money for her instead. Josephine, however, pretends to be a prominent eye doctor to "treat" Penny using unorthodox methods as a ruse to get close to Thomas. Penny initially gains the upper hand by pretending to be blind, something that Thomas could relate to because his grandmother was also blind. Penny and Josephine wager Penny's entire net worth of $500,000 using billionaire Thomas Westerburg, the creator of a tech app called YaBurnt, as their victim. The plan works but Josephine refuses to pay Penny because she's an apprentice. Josephine and Penny execute a complicated con act against multiple rich men called The Lord of the Rings, stealing engagement rings. Penny discovers that she was conned by Josephine but begs her to teach her her ways. Not willing to take a chance with any competition, Josephine has Penny arrested, after which Josephine pays her bail and advises Penny to leave the country. The two con artists meet for the first time while travelling on the French Riviera. ![]() Their idol is the legendary unknown con artist Medusa. Josephine Chesterfield is a young sophisticated con artist who cons the world's richest men out of their money. Penny Rust is a young small-time con artist who traps men into giving her money.
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