Shady dealings, murder plots and suicide led to the fall of the house that Steve Banerjee built.

Starting November 22, Hulu’s forecast calls for making it rain with hip-gyrating men wearing bowties in Welcome to Chippendales, and it's highly unlikely the series will be anything like late stars Patrick Swayze and Chris Farley’s take on a strip tease. The 1980s-set drama about the infamous house of buff, shirtless male strippers reveals the shocking crimes behind the scenes.

Kumail Nanjiani stars as Chippendales founder, Somen “Steve” Banerjee in this true crime-styled retelling of the company’s rise and fall. Helping to recount this sinister tale are White Lotus Emmy winner Murray Bartlett as producer/choreographer Nick De Noia, a charming, fast-talking New Yorker who’s certain he’s God’s gift to entertainment. De Noia is responsible for transforming Chippendales from a seedy male strip joint in West LA to the global juggernaut it would one day become. A man of many passions, Nick loves drinking, drugs, women, men and most of all, showbiz. The cast also includes B Positive‘s Annaleigh Ashford, Yellowjackets‘ Juliette Lewis, Girls5eva‘s Andrew Rannells, Downton Abbey‘s Dan Stevens, Roswell, New Mexico‘s Quentin Plair, Law & Order: SVU‘s Robin de Jesús and Bates Motel‘s Nicola Peltz.

Chippendale’s first teaser shows Banerjee lording over his sleazy strip club along with a reminder that not every American dream “has a happy ending,” which is evident by the shotgun lying on the floor next to Banerjee’s bed in one shot.

Steve Banerjee’s business partners aren’t happy about Banerjee’s financial scheming, and he ended up hiring a hitman to kill three former Chippendales dancers, who left the company to start what he perceived as competition. The plan failed. Banerjee pled guilty to charges of attempted murder, arson, and racketeering. He died by suicide in a holding cell while awaiting sentencing.

On April 7, 1987, Nick De Noia was shot in the face with a large caliber pistol while sitting at his 15th-floor Manhattan office desk at 264 West 40th Street. He was shot by a man hired by Ray Colon, who was an accomplice to Steve Banerjee. At the time, De Noia no longer worked for Banerjee but had a licensing arrangement through a company called Chippendales Universal to use the name Chippendales for tour engagements and Banerjee was not happy with the business arrangement. A closeted homosexual, De Noia was married to actress Jennifer O’Neill from 1975 to 1976.

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