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Channing Tatum Says Gambit's Cultural Ties Make Him Unique

Published Fri, 08 Sep 2017 09:45:34 -0500

Channing Tatum really wants to make a Gambit movie. It's a passion project that he's been working on for years, but can't seem to get the project off the ground. It was recently announced that Tatum was going back to the drawing board when it came to the script. In an interview with Strait Times to help promote the overseas release of Logan Lucky, Tatum talked about what he thinks sets Gambit apart from other superheroes.

"There wasn't a comic store, but the cartoon was on TV and he was this cool Cajun guy, and he was the easiest person to play as a kid because you could just unscrew the broom handle, get a pack of cards and wrap a bandana around your head. We had a lot of fun throwing cards and trying to take our friends' eyes out across the living room. He is just cool, man. He is one of the few superheroes that has an actual culture to him. He doesn't talk like a vanilla American. He is from a specific geo-location, New Orleans, which is a really specific thing."

There's no telling if Gambit is ever going to get off of the ground, but Fox seems committed to the X-Men movies. They are doing something very different with New Mutants and Deadpool 2 next year, so it stands to reason that they could go a whole new direction with a Gambit movie. The fact that Tatum is obviously so passionate about the project says a lot and this sort of development hell is where Deadpool was for years. We got a Deadpool movie and it was well received and accurate to the comics — weirder things have happened.

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