'Gambit' Is An Origin Story, Says Channing Tatum

The upcoming X-Men star just revealed the news. The upcoming superhero movie is no laughing matter—Channing Tatum, as the ragin' Cajun Gambit himself.

May 25, 2015
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In case you forgot about the new Gambit film—if you did, we wouldn't blame you since keeping track of all the upcoming superhero movies is no laughing matter—Channing Tatum, as the ragin' Cajun Gambit himself, is here to amp you up about the film that will follow up X-Men: Apocalypse. Gambit will be an origin story.

Tatum told Empire Magazine that the film’s first draft had been turned in and it look’s like Gambit’s being taken in a different direction:

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“None of us were sure how he was going to deal with the X-Men world. But we’re going to be changing some of the tropes of these movies. It’s always about saving the world (Laughs), but maybe we’re going to shift things a little bit. There’s so many ways you can take [an origin story]. You could do it like Batman Begins, or a different take and go the Guardians of the Galaxy route. All I can say is, I’m super excited.”

(We vote the Guardians of the Galaxy way, but let’s not get ahead of ourselves.) Tatum made his excitement evident when he raved about Gambit and how much he loves him: 

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“…I grew up in the South; my father’s from Louisiana. We’d go to New Orleans and I heard all the dialects. It felt so different from the rest of America; it has its own ancient culture. So I identified with that. And he always felt the most real of the X-Men to me. He’s kind of a tortured soul and he’s not a good guy. But he’s not a bad guy, either. He walks his own path. And of course he plays cards and drinks and is a martial-arts badass!”

Good guy Tatum with a brooding dark side? Alright, we’re interested. And if you’re interested too, Gambit will be released October 7, 2016.

[via Uproxx]

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