14 DAY TRIAL // 2014 is turning out to be a very good year for actor Channing Tatum that has been rocking some serious success in the box office and also some awards along the way. Not only that, but Channing is also getting the roles he's wishing for.
Tatum went on the record earlier this year talking about how much he'd love to play a role in the “X-Men” series, but not Wolverine, since it was speculated that he might replace Hugh Jackman. No, Tatum wanted to play Gambit, the Cajun mutant that played it fast and loose with the women and kinetic energies.
Slashfilm is now saying that Tatum has met with “X-Men” producer Lauren Shuler Donner and that they began talking about the real possibility that they make a Gambit movie together with Tatum in the lead role, with the added possibility that it will be turned into a separate franchise.
The actor dished out a couple of details about why he thinks he'd be perfect for the role: “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 also mentioned a couple of reasons why he thinks that Gambit is a cool character to play, “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...”
Although he still doesn't know if the project is going to get greenlit, Tatum shows off his excitement by revealing that he's actually working on his accent at the moment, “I'm already working on the accent. It's crappy at the moment.”
Gambit's character first appeared in the movie series in the 2009 movie “X-Men Origins: Wolverine.” His alter-ego, Remy LaBeau was supposed to be played by Tatum in 2006 when “X-Men: the Last Stand” came out, but he was finally cut out of the storyline so that plan fell through.
This isn't the only spinoff the “X-Men” producers are planning to make. Last week there was talk of introducing Deadpool and Mystique to the mix, as producers expressed interest in exploring their universe in separate movies.