Channing Tatum's interest in playing Gambit is no surprise. That he's had a meeting about playing the role in the X-Men spin-off, though...
Just days after one of the producers of the assorted X-Men films -Lauren Shuler Donner - revealed that individual spin-off movies were now actively being pursued by 20th Century Fox, the identity of one of them potentially becomes clearer.
Shuler Donner had said that Gambit was one of the potential spin-offs that were being looked at, and at the MTV Movie Awards over the weekend, it turns out that Channing Tatum restated his interest in the role. In fact, more than that, he revealed he's already met Shuler Donner about it.
Chatting to MTV, Tatum said that "I met with Lauren Shuler Donner. And I would love it. Gambit is really the only X-Man I’ve ever loved. I mean I’ve loved them all, they’re all great, but I guess from being down south – my dad’s from Louisiana, I’m from Mississippi, Alabama, Florida – I don’t know. I just related to him. He’s just kind of suave. He’s the most un-X-Men X-Man that’s ever been in X-Men. Other than maybe Wolverine, who’s like the anti-hero".
He added that "I hope it [comes together]. You never know it’s a weird industry. If the stars align, I would die to play it. I’m already working on the accent. It’s crappy at the moment".
It might just be that Gambit is a little further down the road than first thought, at least by the sounds of things.
Channing Tatum for Gambit, then? It sounds like he might be in pole position...
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Meh. They need to make Deadpool first.
Gambit lost a lot steam after the 90's. Deadpool is better!
I like Channing Tatum but why didn't they just go back to Taylor Kitsch who played Gambit in X-Men Origins: Wolverine. I thought he was a fine Gambit, and he looks a lot like how Gambit looks in the comics. But I see that they are just about who is the bigger star rather than who makes more sense in that role.