Channing Tatum Wants to Change Superhero Movie as Gambit

Channing Tatum has not officially signed on the dotted line to portray Gambit, but it's more or less a done deal as far as media reports state. The actor himself (and the studio) has even made very public comments about the role, and he did so again in a recent interview.

Tatum spoke to MTV News and clarified his status as a part of the X-Men movie universe. The prevailing theory was Tatum would appear in X-Men: Apocalypse in 2016 and then get a solo movie, but it seems now as though the character would appear in his own film before joining with the team.

"I've been pretty vocal about wanting to be the part of Gambit for a very long time," he said. "It's a weird, pinching-myself moment that we're even having the conversation. We've talked about it being a standalone, first, and actually trying to change the 'hero, superhero movie.' Because Gambit is not your typical hero. He's a thief. He walks on the gray. I'm hoping we can change it a little bit, and then ultimately feather into the other ones."

The question remains if Gambit could hold up his own solo movie, but only time will tell. X-Men: Days of Future Past writer Simon Kinberg said the following to The Daily Beast about the character:

"Gambit is still in-motion and being figured out. Channing made it known that it was a character that he loved and would love to play, and all the people who work on the X-Men movies are huge fans of his, so the notion of him playing it is exciting. I'm more fascinated by anti-heroes, and Gambit is one of those. I don't know why he wasn't explored in the original X-Men movies. Maybe the reason why was because they wanted to focus on Rogue/Bobby or the platonic Rogue/Wolverine relationship, and maybe there were too many similarities between Wolverine and Gambit, so in order to make it a Wolverine-centric franchise they had to cut him loose."

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