Here’s Why Channing Tatum Deserves a Solo Gambit Movie

Aug. 30, 2024

If you are someone who is easily demotivated by setbacks, Channing Tatum is a person you can look up to as an idol to learn how not to. We all saw the insane performance delivered by Tatum as Gambit inDeadpool and Wolverineand courtesy to him, the fandom of Gambit has multiplied by millions overnight. However, getting this character on the screen was not exactly a cakewalk for Tatum. Recently, Ryan Reynolds revealed a hidden scene from Deadpool and Wolverine confirming that Gambit survived the battle and was sent back to his original timeline. Now that he has been saved, I feel Channing Tatum deserves to play the character in a solo feature movie from the MCU.

When Was the First Time a Gambit Movie Became a Thing?

For those of you who don’t know, this is not the first time Channing Tatum has been cast to play Gambit. Tatum has always been the first choice to play Gambit for years now. Initially, Channing Tatum’s Gambit was supposed to make his first appearance in a role in 2009’sX-Men Origins: Wolverine,however, because of scheduling conflicts, Taylor Kitsch was cast to play the character in this movie. Reportedly, he was signed on for multiple projects but the production of further Origins movies was canceled due to backlash from fans.

Five years after this, Channing Tatum had lost all hope regarding his adaptation of Gambit. However, when everything failed, Ryan Reynolds appeared as the Ace of Spades for Tatum’s dream of playing Gambit. Ryan contacted Tatum to play Gambit in Deadpool and Wolverine and even though he appeared in the movie for not that long, “Wuuuhemadeanmeforhimselfftheree”. After watching Tatum as Gambit, the fandom around Gambit skyrocketed, and watching Tatum do the lore-accurate Cajun accent and charge up playing cards and make them go boom one could only wonder how epic a solo Gambit movie would have been.

By the end of Deadpool and Wolverine, it was unclear if Gambit survived the final battle sequence or if he returned to his actual timeline. However, Ryan Reynolds posted a video telling us that Gambit did survive the battle and was sent back to his timeline. Most of us while watching thepost-credit scene of Deadpool 3thought that it was just a gag but as it turns out, this clip was hidden in one of the screens when Deadpool visited the TVA.

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So yes, Gambit is up and alive and he is back in his world reinforcing the possibility of Gambit coming back in future Marvel projects.

After watching Channing Tatum’s magnifique performance as Gambit, people want to see him in future Marvel projects or even his solo movie. However, the real question is, where will Gambit fit in the Marvel Cinematic Universe? Recently, in an interview, Kevin Feige stated that from this point on, the Mutant era of Marvel is about to begin. We also know that Marvel is planning to reboot the X-Men and come up with their adaptation of the movie and Gambit would fit right in.

We already know that Doctor Doom will be the big bad guy in upcoming Avengers movies. The interesting thing here is Doctor Doom not only has a story with the Fantastic Four but also shares an enmity with the X-Men. This gives Marvel a lot of opportunity to bring in characters from the X-Men universes in the showdown between our heroes and Doctor Doom. Marvel can bring in Wolverine,X-23, and Gambit in Avengers Doomsday or even in Secret Wars. Well, As of now, it’s too early to say anything but yes, since the MCU is being reshaped, there is a lot of room for Marvel to fit Gambit and I hope they do.

Shashank Shakya is an Entertainment Writer and has completed his Bachelors(Honours) with English Literature. He is a published writer. He boasts incomparable knowledge about the Marvel and DC universes along with other branches of entertainment with substantial experience in the field of writing.