Channing Tatum may not be the first person anybody would think of to play the ragin' cajun X-man, Gambit, but producer Lauren Schuler Donner thinks otherwise. She said a few months ago....
"I'm dying to do a Gambit movie with Channing Tatum. That doesn't have to be a great big movie. It's a thief in New Orleans, it's a whole different story. He's on board, and I have to get the studio on board. How can anyone resist Channing? He's such a sweetheart."
And now that she's reiterated her desire to make a Gambit spinoff film, along with spinoffs possibly for Mystique, Deadpool, and others, MTV caught up with Tatum to ask him about it. According to him, he's already met Donner to talk about it...
Tatum: "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’s a thief. He’s not even a hero. He’s kind of walking the line of grey…He loves women and drinking and smoking and stuff so he’s just a cool guy who happens to have a moral center….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."
Bryan Singer has mentioned the possibility of seeing Gambit and Nightcrawler in X-men: Apocalypse, so Tatum will have a couple of years to sharpen up his accent and card-throwing skills.
