United Kingdom, Feb. 22 -- Mikey Madison had "intensive" lap dancing training for her role in 'Anora'.

The 25-year-old actress portrays the titular stripper in director Sean Baker's dark romantic comedy and she enjoyed the "challenge" of her dancing scenes.

She told Britain's HELLO! magazine: "I had to learn how to give lap dances and do pole tricks. I even helped choreograph a striptease dance that Ani does for Ivan.

"All of that was based on the intensive training I did so I'd be able to give a lap dance from start to finish.

"I'm not a dancer at all, so it was great to challenge myself. The choreographer taught me how to dance like a real erotic dancer.

"That was helpful in terms of physicality and sensuality, how I'd carry myself...