Eva Amurri's Stripper Role: "I Was Quite Banged Up," It's "Empowering"

Eva Amurri, Susan Sarandon's 24-year-old daughter with Franco Amurri, guest stars on the upcoming third season of "Californication" as Jackie, a student who moonlights as a stripper.

A behind-the-scenes interview with Amurri, seen below, shows some risque clips of her upcoming work interspersed with an interview about her pole dance training.

"I had to train quite a bit," Amurri says. "I had stripper bruises. I was quite banged up." She then shows off her knee bruises.

"Stripping is not easy, I will tell you," she continues. "I have huge respect for people who do pole dancing. Stripping is incredibly empowering."

The clip below and her scenes on the show also feature Ed Westwick, better known as Chuck Bass on "Gossip Girl." Season three of "Californication" starts September 27.

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[captainindustry]

Hey College Girl!!!

Get over here, give me a lap dance, and MAKE ME BELIEVE IT!!

And shut yer pie hole. If I want to hear a buncha words, I'll go home to the wife!!

Yes. Very empowering.

[pwiecek]

Its not really moonlighting if its her only job.

[Jelperman]

Does she actually whip 'em out on this show?

[Cheryl M Fox]

Women like this and Megan Fox who said she was 'empowered' because she is considered so sexy, don't understand what the word empowered means... this type of 'empowerment' last only as long as men lust after your body. What happens when you get old or gain weight or even get pregnant and your body is not lustful anymore? Then you are no longer 'empowered'. So,having men lust after your body is not empowering ladies..... It's a false sense of empowerment. Empowerment to me means being treated with respect.

[heroine addict]

...bingo.

[DocManhattan]

I'm reminded of an article from the Onion a few years back: "Women Now Empowered By Everything A Woman Does"

http://www.theonion.com/content/news/women_now_empowered_by_everything

It gets beyond absurd when you hear prostitutes saying in the media how their work is "empowering", which is something else I heard not long ago. Well, whatever helps you deal with your day-to-day life, I guess. But it's funny how these things suddenly seem a lot less empowering when you try to move on from them ... A lot like a coke habit.

[Cryostatic]

Correction: Pretending to be a stripper on TV is "empowering".

[Mark Kraft]

Given that her mom played Janet in Rocky Horror Picture Show and did a nude lesbian sex scene with Catherine Deneuve in The Hunger, I really don't see the big deal about a pole dance.

Why are we behaving more prudish today than in the early '80s?!

[stevebol]

Some strippers wind up in porno because they realize they didn't really hate men after all.

[littlerabbit]

Eva, if that's what it takes to empower you as a human being, be my guest. It's all a little silly and very Caucasian.

[QueenCeleste]

"Very Caucasian?" Hmm.

[Cryostatic]

Caucasian?

So, white women feel empowered by getting naked? Where are you going with this?

[pgurlatl]

That is the dumbest thing I've ever read on the internet and I've read some doozies.

I do think that being sexy is empowering and there is nothing wrong with it.

[pgurlatl]

And what say you about the millions of young Asian, Latin, and Black women posing with their behinds for the world to see on MySpace and Facebook?

At least for this young lady it is just an acting role.

[heroine addict]

...rac1st?

[LMPE]

I've never seen that show.

[slithers]

I'm sure that's what a gazelle would say standing next to a lion. "It's empowering to be viewed as food.... a consumable product."

[alkamm]

Can't we all just get along? Women as prey, women/cougars as predators? Women can make a bundle dancing for what you might call underserved men who enjoy watching their bodies. LIke Tupac said of oral sex, it's supposed to be a fair exchange. He also, of course, said that even women know that there are bitches who are only interested in a man's money. That's his definition--those who won't give you the time of day until they find out who your are and how much your wallet weighs.

[heroine addict]

LOL

[haveyounodecency]

Got my attention. I'll be sure to tune in now.

[TotallyAmazed]

I had to give up "Californication" after it became too expensive to keep SHOWTIME. I loved the show, though, and it appears to only be getting better.

Eva Immuri seems to have that same throaty, womanly laughter that her mother possesses. Good for her. Susan Sarandon has long been one of my favorite actresses. Never dull and always interesting to watch.

[BLSabob]

Yes... One more, or should I say TWO more reasons to love this show.

[twitch1956]

she played the younger sister who was trying to get her driver's license in the Bangor Sisters with mom and Goldie Hawn.

She either sprouted well or is enhanced.