 The cast included some notable real @-@ world strippers such as Pandora Peaks . Rhames plays a bouncer named Shad . The filmmakers , in trying actors out for Shad 's part , looked for someone " at least 6 ' 2 and physically massive ... any ethnicity . " ( Rhames is African American ) . Reynolds played Congressman Dilbeck , and he based his performance after politicians he knew in his early life , through his father , a police chief . Reynolds was not an actor that the filmmakers originally had in mind for the part , but Reynolds wanted it , contacted Castle Rock head Rob Reiner , and traveled to Miami to audition . He accepted a salary lower than what he had made in his earlier career . Moore 's own daughter Rumer Willis , who was 7 years old when the film was released , played Erin 's daughter Angela . As Moore explained , " she [ Willis ] wanted it so badly " that Moore asked that Willis be considered for the part . In reality this required Willis to see Moore dancing topless , for a scene in which Angela sees Erin performing . However , Moore said that this was acceptable , as " We don 't shame the body , we encourage the body as something beautiful and natural , and my children bathe with me , and I walk around naked . " 
