r/marvelstudios • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 Ant-Man • 1d ago

Article Channing Tatum on ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ News: "All I was guaranteed was a chair...You know and it was just my name, it wasn't exactly Gambit."

https://extratv.com/2025/04/04/channing-tatum-on-avengers-news-all-i-was-guaranteed-was-a-chair-exclusive/
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u/MarvelsGrantMan136 Ant-Man 1d ago

Tatum:

"Personally, all I was guaranteed was a chair. They said that I have a chair, and I can at least watch the movie from the chair. You know, and it was just my name, it wasn't exactly Gambit. So, I work in the world of just like, of binary yes or no's, and I've only been guaranteed, so far, a chair to watch the movie in, so that's where I'm at."

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u/Daniiiiii Scarlet Witch 1d ago

My boy is so traumatized of having Gambit promised and not materializing that he won't even let himself enjoy a seemingly guaranteed thing.

(Yes, I know he's half playing coy and half joking)

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u/devscloud 1d ago

Yea, definitely can’t blame him lol

man is tryna protect his heart just in case…

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u/Moohamin12 1d ago

At least he got to play him once already.

My man Mahershala still waiting for his call.

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u/Runethe1412 Iron Man (Mark VII) 1d ago

But he already got to be… *off-screen voice in Eternals post-credit scene

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u/jashe021185 1d ago

From what I understand he’s half the reason it still hasn’t happened

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u/silver_almond Thor (Avengers) 1d ago

Care to explain?

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u/gtavi_pixelblower 1d ago

If I’m not mistaken, reports say that Ali is very hands-on with the movie and keeps turning down scripts. It seems him and Feige can’t agree on what exactly they wanna do

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u/Xeoz_WarriorPrince 1d ago

I really love Blade, but he is a pretty simple character, how can it be so hard to give us black Neo killing vampires and, maybe, fighting Dracula.

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u/dexter30 22h ago

I know they're harder concepts to make. But after eternals, marvels and black panther 2, i don't blame Ali for being picky. If the quality of scripts he's getting are at that level then honestly more power to him.

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u/ketodancer 15h ago

I’m seeing echoes of Ed Norton’s Hulk. Maybe both of them are too auteur filmmaker vs studio style productions to work successfully with Marvel.

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u/havasc 21h ago

Muthafuckas always tryna ice skate uphill.

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u/Voeld123 1d ago

Maybe he is an artiste and cannot debate himself with simple

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u/gregformercy 50m ago

I really want to see what Danny devito could do with a good Dracula script.

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u/Hotstuff5991 1d ago

If those rumors scripts are true then it makes sense 

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u/Chirotera 1d ago edited 1d ago

I hope he gets an X-Men 97 moment. "The name's Gambit mon ami, remember it..."

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u/djseifer Yondu 1d ago

I don't think I have it in me to watch Gambit die twice onscreen.

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u/CaptJackRizzo 1d ago

Me either, better make it Xavier again

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u/Gleams12 1d ago

5th times the charm

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u/Pigs-OnThe-Wing 1d ago

wouldn't it technically be 3 if you watched D&W?

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u/djseifer Yondu 1d ago

In the end credits for D&W, just before it cuts to Johnny Storm cussing up a storm, one of the monitors in the TVA shows Gambit walking around the remnants of Cassandra's base. Ryan Reynolds uploaded the actual clip because it's too small to make out the details – in the clip, Gambit turns to face the camera, and you can see the reflection of a Marvel sparkle circle in his eyes as he smiles. I'm taking that as canon.

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u/CoffeeIsMyPruneJuice Ultron 1d ago

(Yes, I know he's half playing coy and half joking)

and dodging the weapons-grade NDAs attached to these projects

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u/Bardez Stan Lee 1d ago

I have to wonder how bad the fallout is. Holland was notoriously leaky and he's still Spider-Man.

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u/Tetracropolis 1d ago

Gambit is a lot more disposable than Spider-Man, as is the actor who plays him.

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u/Hotstuff5991 1d ago

Most of holland leaks were marketing. That and he’s way more important than Gambit. 

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u/32andahalf 1d ago

Maybe those chairs are for actors who will be watching the movie like Mystery Science Theater 3000

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u/Bardez Stan Lee 1d ago

I'd pay a premium for that.

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u/32andahalf 1d ago

Just give me Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen as Waldorf and Statler for the rest of the MCU

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u/DarkwingMcQuack Spider-Man 1d ago

He still has flashbacks to the card magic trick classes he took preparing for the role all those years ago.

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u/ADipsydoodle 1d ago

“It’s not real until it is.” has been my adage, learned through many experiences of dashed expectations.

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u/Valentinee105 Captain America 1d ago edited 1d ago

The man has done so much work for Gambit, he loves the character, he practiced a Cajun accent for years, It's a mistake not to pick him if only because he's put way more effort into the character than anyone else ever will.

I think they just need to see if they can CGI his eyes a bit to match the comics but maybe black eyes with a red iris looks dumb on camera.

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u/CeruleanEidolon 1d ago

He's playing a chair.

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u/AsteroidMike 1d ago

Wooohestillbouttamakeanameforhimself.

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u/pastafallujah 1d ago edited 1d ago

WooooooooImAboutaTakeASeatRightHyeeahhh

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u/DarkwingMcQuack Spider-Man 1d ago

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u/AsteroidMike 1d ago

“ManITellYouWhatThatManThereGonnaBringEmSomeMoolahAndHeGonBeSittinPrettyWithTheRestOfThemDangAvengersBelieveYouMe.”

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u/AFineDayForScience 1d ago

Better than they gave me man ✊

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u/SphmrSlmp Iron Fist 1d ago

A guaranteed chair with his name sounds better than a chair with Gambit's name which could be filled in by anyone.

So yeah, better to have your own name on a chair.

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u/CeruleanEidolon 1d ago

Channing Tatum as Himself

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u/Now_Wait-4-Last_Year 1d ago

“My name is Jeff.”

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u/FerrusManlyManus 1d ago

lol amazing response from him 

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u/SonicFlash01 1d ago

I want some of whatever he's on

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u/BigBallsMcGirk 1d ago

It's gonna be buttboy post apocalypse slave Channing from This Is the End.

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u/Jons0324 Baby Groot 1d ago

Definitely hope he can play gambit in the movie!!!

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u/Keranth 1d ago

clearly he's playing Jeff

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u/eltrotter Black Panther 1d ago

Ma name jef

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u/t-zone671 1d ago

Who's gonna play the Mexican Wolverine?

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u/YodaFan465 Thanos 1d ago

Jack Human!

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u/Bardez Stan Lee 1d ago

Hoo-mon

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u/GoSkers29 Fitz 1d ago

Dafne Keen

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u/ArchimedesNutss 1d ago

Where’d you find this gringo man? At the Mumford & Sons concert and shit?

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u/mccainjames11 Spider-Man 1d ago

My name, Steve Rogers

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u/wubbaaaa Luis 1d ago

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u/REWlego SHIELD 1d ago

The land shark?

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u/Effective-Heart-6805 Hulk 1d ago

My name is Jeff 

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u/Marsuello 1d ago

Yummy yummy!!

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u/Lost-Lu 1d ago

Greatest cinematic crossover in history since Infinity War!!

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u/Legendver2 1d ago

Nah, he's playing Channing Tate-Yum, complete with butt cheeks costume.

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u/49ersP1 1d ago

Probst??

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u/NateShaw92 1d ago

Jeff Bohner

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u/Thereferencenumber 1d ago

Magic Mike is sorcerer supreme in an alternate universe

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u/IsamuAlvaDyson 20h ago

I hope so because he's better at Jeff than Gambit

He was terrible as Gambit in that little part

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u/BRedd10815 1d ago

It's espanol, its pronounced Jeff

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u/theknyte 1d ago

He'll be playing himself ala Kevin Bacon in GOTG:HS.

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u/Psychedelic_Yogurt Justin Hammer 1d ago

I loved that special so much. I enjoy watching it every year around Christmas.

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u/TheEmperorShiny 1d ago

Too cheesy to film but I imagine Deadpool trying to find Gambit and accidentally just bringing Channing Tatum

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u/N8CCRG Ghost 1d ago

Deadpool accidentally brings Magic Mike :D

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u/pandershrek 1d ago

Shit this got a snort out of me.

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u/lavabread23 1d ago

we gotta have a pony by ginuwine dance off between them 

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u/Ill-Cardiologist-838 17h ago

Still surprised they didn't do this bit when Deadpool was looking for Wolverines in DP3.

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u/Fair_Walk_8650 1d ago

It's so weird to me that Kevin Bacon has played an actual canonical villain in the MCU multiverse (via X-Men), in addition to playing himself in the literal same franchise

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u/theknyte 1d ago

David Hasselhoff played a villain pretending to be the real actor, does that count?

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u/ybtlamlliw SHIELD 1d ago

Kevin and Keira agreeing to do that special makes the entire thing so much funnier to me.

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u/pandershrek 1d ago

I guess not all actors are complete pieces of shit ...

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u/willin_dylan 1d ago

Imagine his version of Sebastian Shaw returning and encountering the Guardians

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u/TomBeanWoL 1d ago

He's been cast as a variant of Jeff the Land shark who instead of making nonsense noises to communicate just says "My name Jeff" they decided this was the best choice due to the popularity of Groot and his catchphrase "I am Groot"

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u/TheRabidtHole 1d ago

Why does this actually make sense.

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u/ccbmtg 1d ago

everytime I get eaten and thrown off the map by Jeff the landshark on rivals, all I can think to say is... 'my name Jeff' lmao

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u/alex494 1d ago

Only if he comes with Mexican Wolverine

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u/CaptainAksh_G 1d ago

You know and it was just my name, it wasn't exactly Gambit."

He's going to play Jeff in Doomsday

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u/i_am_groot_84 1d ago

What if he's playing Channing Tatum from This is the End

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u/Next-Team 1d ago

I call him Channing Ta-yum

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u/reddit_tard 1d ago

Taint-yum

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u/Jagermonstruo 1d ago

New Storm just dropped

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u/nickl00 1d ago edited 1d ago

they’ll do anything except cast a dark skinned actress /s

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u/Mister-PeePee42 1d ago

When i saw him, in that film, no spoilers, i was less excited about it in film, but moreso excited for him specifically to finally get to do this.

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u/pastafallujah 1d ago

That fight scene was peak Gambit

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u/Mister-PeePee42 1d ago

If we’re being honest, after all these years of sticking up for the guy saying “that could have been awesome”, i was still impressed with the execution.

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u/heythatsprettynito 1d ago

He was looking at portals opening

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u/DoNotLookUp1 1d ago

Why less excited about it in film? Like, you didn't think he pulled it off in the one he appeared in? Or do you mean finding out that he has a chair?

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u/Mister-PeePee42 1d ago

Oh i meant the context to mean “yes obviously i thought he was great”, but after all these years, not expecting to see it, it was better than i would have imagined, which is good. It’s a compliment.

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u/DoNotLookUp1 1d ago

Ahhh gotcha, there are some people that seem to really dislike it so I curious. I really loved his portrayal too and yup definitely even better than I thought it'd be too!

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u/Mister-PeePee42 1d ago

Gambit and psylock were like the 80-90s kids esoteric fav’s, it was rad to finally see him fleshed out…with blade. lol

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u/Responsible-Pain-620 1d ago

I'm 100% stoked that he got into Doomsday, but my only request is if we can please give him the black eyes and purple rings. I want him to be comic accurate sooooooo bad

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u/TomClancy5873 1d ago

He had them in the post credits scene

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u/Iggy_Pops_Lost_Shirt 1d ago

That was just the sling ring portal reflection in his eyes

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u/tavvyjay 1d ago

Honestly the biggest fear I think many have is about how difficult the accent is for the character. Not too bad in comics, but to nail it is tough. I am glad he’s coming back because it means he will spend even more time practicing the accent with pros whose only job will be to make his accent as accurate as possible.

It’s fun seeing actors do new shit outside of their regular repertoire (looking at you, The rock) and get unique opportunities such as this one

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u/chaot7 1d ago

He has the accent. The joke in Deadpool and Wolverine was that he was SUPPOSED to be incomprehensible. It was on purpose.

He can dial it back.

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u/fromcj 1d ago

You mean the accent that actual speakers praised for its accuracy, but fans hated because it didn’t sound like 90’s x-men?

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u/Snaptheuniverse Quake 1d ago

Crazy how I'm genuinely happy for him to finally get to be Gambit. Its one thing being a sneaky unannounced role in Deadpool, its another thing to be part of the cast reveal for an Avengers movie

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u/Kmart_Stalin 1d ago

Bro went from development hell Gambit movie to Avengers movie

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u/Teeenay 1d ago

He is the Mexican Wolverine

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u/Smingers 1d ago

Looks at Chris Evans: “And get this man a chair!”

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u/riegspsych325 1d ago

I want Evans to play Lucas Lee in Secret Wars

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u/3-DMan 1d ago

Gets fooled by very obvious Skrull

"He seems nice."

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u/OzzRamirez 1d ago

He's going for the Oscars

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u/Brookings18 Hulkbuster 1d ago

Tatum was fun as a comedic/what could have been version of Gambit, I hope we get a glimpse of a more serious version

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u/ReflectionItchy2701 1d ago

I'm happy for him that he finally played Gambit but hopefully it's not gonna be this version in the MCU. I hope the MCU Gambit will look like more early nineties Gambit in the comics. Of course if they could write the character like they did in X-Men 97 go for it.

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u/JSevatar Steve Rogers 1d ago

Likewise. I'm happy for him but his gambit isn't the one I imagined, from Jim Lee's run back in the day. The lanky, agile, and cunning thief

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u/tyt3ch 1d ago

This was why I was disappointed with how much thicker channing is, I just didn't think he did well as gambit. I'm a causal and always thought gambit was supposed to be skinny and agile

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u/FerrusManlyManus 1d ago

I doubt any of these actors will be part of the X-men in the coming years after these two Avengers movies.

Feel like there is going to be a reset / soft reboot with the multiverse probably collapsing.

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u/PezDiSpencersGifts 1d ago

It’s gonna be him playing himself talking to K.E.V.I.N. negotiating to play gambit

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u/ringerverse72 1d ago

So it's Gambit then

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u/neogreenlantern 1d ago

If he isn't playing Gambit he'd be a solid pick for MCU Eddie Brock

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u/WellThatsAwkwrd 1d ago

Damn that’s a great idea

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u/Over_Incident5593 1d ago

Shame they didn’t bring back original gambit

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u/Cheeyupsndeeyup 1d ago

They all get merc’d in the opening scene and our trusty new avengers have to pick up the pieces.

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u/68ideal 1d ago

He's been confirmed to play Hyperion

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u/DankudeDabstorm 1d ago

Magic Mike? Sorcerer Supreme?

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u/FallenAngelII 1d ago

Better: Magic Mike, the Sorcerer Supreme.

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u/justduett Thanos 1d ago

Gimp making a comeback for another apocalyptic movie!

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u/Zengjia Justin Hammer 1d ago

He’ll reprise his role as Agent Tequila

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u/moomoomilky1 1d ago

he's playing luke cage

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u/NightmareDJK 1d ago

He was a big part of why a movie he was in made over $1B, of course he’d be brought back.

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u/saucytopcheddar 1d ago

Facts only Chere.

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u/Lord-Psycho 1d ago

Wait...what if he is being cast as multiple charscters.....

Channing Tatum as the Human Torch...kind of works.....

Channing Tatum in each team? Thoughts?

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u/OmegaHunterEchoTech 1d ago

LMAO, that's funny.

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u/deadtorrent 1d ago

Gonna be playing Sparkella’s Dad

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u/ImHighandCaffinated 1d ago

Awww he thinks we’re stupid 😊

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u/Skele11 Crossbones 1d ago

I can’t believe Ralph Bohner has a brother Jeff, Jeff Bohner.

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u/Professor_Dubs 1d ago

I Kinda wish the actors would just own up to their role and play into the hype for these things a bit more.

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u/funkhero 1d ago

Maybe they're doing the 22 Jump Street crossover with MCU instead of MIB as it was originally planned :)

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u/OldManPoe Odin 1d ago

Doomsday Act 3: Magic Mike, I mean Gambit dance off for the win.

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u/LeeOfTheStone 1d ago

This is something I thought from the drop. When the chair stunt was going on everyone was like “such and such is returning as <the character they’re known for>!” — really? Maybe don’t be so sure…

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u/pmjm 1d ago

You know and it was just my name

Apparently you made a name for yourself somewhere...

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u/IndecisiveMate 1d ago

Channing tatum is coming back?

I gotta watch this chair video.

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u/poopoobuttholes 1d ago

Bro is too high for his own good lmao. All the other actors also have chairs with their names and not the characters.

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u/postfashiondesigner 1d ago edited 1d ago

I can think of at least 3 mutants he could play. And play better than that version of Gambit he did:

Fantomex

Chamber

Havok

Edit: Typo. Always thought the white mask dude was named Phantomex...

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u/postfashiondesigner 1d ago

To this day I don’t know if they asked him to play a cheesy and joking Gambit (and he did it very well)... or if they asked him to play a serious one and what we saw was the best performance he could give... I’ll give him a break because. Given the euphoria of the cinema, I think that script isn’t all that great and funny anymore.

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u/migolx 1d ago

Another Ralph Bohner situation

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u/itsRobbie_ 1d ago

Wooimadeanamefomyselfhere

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u/DisabledFatChik 1d ago

Wait so he’s going to be gambit along with the og x-men returning?

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u/a_bounced_czech Spider-Man 1d ago

Maybe it’s Magic Mike

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u/feor1300 1d ago

based on his performance in The is the End they cast him as Speedball in his Penance persona. lol

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u/Wintered_Low 1d ago

He will be playing a variant of Dr. Doom

As well as all the previous x men actors

They are actually doing Kang Dynasty, but putting Doom on it except for the million Kangs 🗣️🗣️🗣️

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u/Kizunoir Quicksilver 1d ago

Wait.. he's the guy from the "My name is jeff" meme 😭

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u/GREGORIOtheLION 1d ago

Can I just say: I hate the hype. I can’t stand the Marvel model of telling us all the movies coming up, or showing us chairs with actors names on them.

Just make the movies and release them. Let our imaginations figure it out. Expectations could be the downfall of the MCU.

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u/HealthyBits 1d ago

I love Gambit but what I dislike about changing Tatum is that he looks like a fat Gambit in the suit.

Gambit from the comics appears to me to be much skinnier with an angular face. Channing’s face is round and his got a buffed up body.

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u/GnarlyKinbaku Captain Marvel 20h ago

This is response is so Remy

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u/Notoriously_So 1d ago

Inb4 they make him the leader of the X-Men and one of the main characters with the most screentime in Avengers: Doomsday.

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u/WayofHatuey 1d ago

He butchered my boy Gambit. Hope he doesn’t get it.

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u/Savannah-Nanas 1d ago

This is a bad take. I thought he stole the show in the scenes he was in

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u/Shantotto11 1d ago

Can we please get someone else to play Gambit? Tatum doesn’t have the body type for the character. Hell, he looks like makeup and costuming had to squeeze his face into Gambit’s helmet…

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u/jim9162 1d ago

I wish him long success as Gambit, he deserves it.

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u/Super-Post261 1d ago

He’s gonna be Gambit FFS. They’re only gonna pull off the Bohner joke once.

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u/TheRealAwest 1d ago

I hope he doesn’t show up as gambit or his version of gambit is killed off asap. He was terrible in Deadpool & wolverine.

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u/Jxmii_Pablo 1d ago

I think that was the point of gambits character in dp&w . He was so terrible that he never actually got a movie and was pruned therefore he was in the void. If Channing is going to be gambit again I’m almost sure he would be portrayed as a more serious and comic faithful interpretation