It’s finally here!!!

Channing Tatum’s sexy new flick, Magic Mike, opens today!

He recently spoke with PEOPLE telling them about how he prepped for the role.

Tatum embraced it all. Gluten and dairy free diet, self tanner, 2-3 hour daily workouts and even waxing his legs!

“It was the most painful thing I'll ever do," he tells PEOPLE in this week's issue. "And it's something I'll never do again."

The movie was inspired by Tatum’s stripper past in Tampa. “I enjoyed the performing part of dancing but I didn't really love taking my clothes off," he says. "It was fun while it lasted."

One of the more embarrassing scenes for Tatum to shoot involved straddling a woman in only a G-string.

Will you be watching Magic Mike?