Kumail Nanjianiknows that hisWelcome to Chippendalesseries sounds bonkers.

“It’s bananas,” Nanjiani tells EW with a laugh.

But ultimately, it was that same intimidation that swayed him to say yes.

Welcome to Chippendales – A sprawling true-crime saga, “Welcome to Chippendales” tells the outrageous story of Somen “Steve” Banerjee, an Indian immigrant who became the unlikely founder of the world’s greatest male-stripping empire—and let nothing stand in his way in the process. Steve (Kumail Nanjiani), shown. (Photo by: Erin Simkin/Hulu)

Kumail Nanjiani in ‘Welcome to Chippendales’.Erin Simkin/Hulu

The key, Nanjiani says, was in Banerjee’s emotional maturity or lack thereof.

“That can be a very violent thing, but there is also an innocence to it.

Part of it is not understanding the important of morality.”

“Everything I learned in this I hope to use on whatever else I get to do.”

It was like this huge explosion.

We’d do the same performance 40 times, and each time, there was that explosion.