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Channing Tatum to Play Gambit in X-Men Spinoff - Hollywood Reporter
Not sure what to think of this. Gambit was my favorite X-Men other than Wolverine as a kid. It cant be worst than what was portrayed in X-Men Origins Wolverine.
Not sure what to think of this. Gambit was my favorite X-Men other than Wolverine as a kid. It cant be worst than what was portrayed in X-Men Origins Wolverine.
Channing Tatum has signed on to star in an X-Men spinoff centered on the character Gambit, THR has confirmed.
News that the 22 Jump Street star would tackle the role last played by Taylor Kitsch broke when X-Men producer Lauren Shuler Donner revealed the move to Total Film on the red carpet in London Monday night, where the current X-Men movie, Days of Future Past, was premiering.
Multiple sources say that Tatum will get a stand-alone spinoff, with his version of Gambit being introduced in X-Men: Apocalypse. The stand-alone film is still in development, however, and no director has been attached.
When asked what kind of an actor she was looking at to play Gambit, Shuler Donner said, "It's Channing."
Asked to elaborate on what makes Tatum right for the role, Shuler Donner said, "Well you know, he's a rogue -- Channing -- he's a rascal, just like Remy LeBeau, and he can handle the action, we all know that! And he's got a really good heart."
"He'll be great for Gambit," she added, "and he's a Southerner, too! He's not from New Orleans, but he is a Southerner, and he understands that world."
News that the 22 Jump Street star would tackle the role last played by Taylor Kitsch broke when X-Men producer Lauren Shuler Donner revealed the move to Total Film on the red carpet in London Monday night, where the current X-Men movie, Days of Future Past, was premiering.
Multiple sources say that Tatum will get a stand-alone spinoff, with his version of Gambit being introduced in X-Men: Apocalypse. The stand-alone film is still in development, however, and no director has been attached.
When asked what kind of an actor she was looking at to play Gambit, Shuler Donner said, "It's Channing."
Asked to elaborate on what makes Tatum right for the role, Shuler Donner said, "Well you know, he's a rogue -- Channing -- he's a rascal, just like Remy LeBeau, and he can handle the action, we all know that! And he's got a really good heart."
"He'll be great for Gambit," she added, "and he's a Southerner, too! He's not from New Orleans, but he is a Southerner, and he understands that world."