Here's something fans of Chatum Tatum might have missed about their favorite Step Up alum: he's a hardcore fan of Marvel's X-men. In particular he's a huge fan of the ragin' Cajun, Gambit, who appeared briefly in the terrible X-men Origins: Wolverine played by Taylor Kitsch. Tatum has always expressed his desire to play Gambit in a feature film, in fact you can hear him talk about it here while trying on a Cajun accent....
Anyway, it's possible he could be about to get his wish. X-men producer Lauren Shuler Donner has told Empire that she's got Tatum "on board" for a Gambit film, assuming she can get the greenlight to make it happen.
Donner: "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."
There were brief rumblings about a Gambit film starring Kitsch around the time of the first Wolverine movie, but when it turned out to be a critical and box office dud that killed any shot at a spinoff for every character involved. Look what's happened to the Deadpool movie. With 20th Century Fox expanding the X-men brand with X-men: Apocalypse and an X-force movie, the chances of seeing Gambit back on the big screen are better than ever.
What do you think? Would Tatum make for a cool Gambit or what?
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