Rebel Wilson lured Oscar winner Anne Hathaway for her female take on Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

By Sandra Hall
Updated May 15 2019 - 11:16am, first published 11:00am
Remake: Josephine Chesterfield (Anne Hathaway) teams up with Penny Rust (Rebel Wilson ) in The Hustle. Show at Great Lakes Cinema 3, details page 3. Photo Universal
Remake: Josephine Chesterfield (Anne Hathaway) teams up with Penny Rust (Rebel Wilson ) in The Hustle. Show at Great Lakes Cinema 3, details page 3. Photo Universal

The Hustle is an outsized passion project for Rebel Wilson, a law graduate turned high-powered actress, now breaking out as a Hollywood producer. She pitched the film to producer Roger Birnbaum and production company Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer as an update of the 1988 comedy Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, this time with two female con artists Josephine Chesterfield (Anne Hathaway) and Penny Rust (Wilson).

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