For filmmaker Lorene Scafaria, making ‘Hustlers’ was far from easy

In the new movie ‘Hustlers,’ Constance Wu plays a struggling stripper named Destiny. After a bad outing at the New York club where she’s just gotten a job, she wanders onto the rooftop where she encounters the older and wiser, Ramona-- played by Jennifer Lopez. Ramona is the star act and she appears to have it all, so Destiny turns to her for advice.

profiled by New York Magazine’s The Cut in 2015.