seriously?

I may be the only hot blooded woman alive that thinks he is a total douche!! Not cute at all!! Also a horrible actor!!!

Channing Tatum as Gambit in the new X-Men film? Fml...

Channing Tatum as anyone is a good thing...

He would make a great Lennie from "Of Mice and Men". The role fits well within his range of acting.

:laugh: Perfect.

Honestly, I don't get the hate for this casting beyond the "lol, **** channing tatum!".

Is he the best actor in the world? God no. But he's gotten progressively better. And besides that, he's actually from NO, so we know he can do the accent justice. And he has the look.

I think this is one of those "wait and see" casting announcements. I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt, because the guy genuinely comes off like he's trying to go beyond the typical "look how sexy I am" style roles that he got saddled with.

I've seen several people say he has "the look." I think he looks as much like Gambit as I look like the Queen of England. Can you expand a little more on this, since I'm genuinely curious what similarities people see?

100% with you on this one. I've been in denial.

Gambit's a thief-- quick, roguelike, sneaky. He's not big and beefy. And above all, he's SMART. Very, very smart. Add to that the fact that Channing Tatum does less for me from an attraction standpoint than a giant turkey leg with two beady eyes pinned on, and you have me heaving a big ol' sigh of sadness.

Just... *facepalm*.

Yup, this pretty much sums up how I feel about it. My weekend was ruined when I found out about this on Saturday or whenever.

I don't mind Channing Tatum, but he is going to make a sh*tty gambit.

This...
No way this is going to work out good, so many other people suitable for the job and then they pick Channing...
They must have been drunk when selecting him

Or a horny, teenage girl...


I've always thought Sawyer from Lost would be the perfect selection.

The guy who played Sawyer would make an awesome Gambit.

Honestly, I don't get the hate for this casting beyond the "lol, **** channing tatum!".

Is he the best actor in the world? God no. But he's gotten progressively better. And besides that, he's actually from NO, so we know he can do the accent justice. And he has the look.

I think this is one of those "wait and see" casting announcements. I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt, because the guy genuinely comes off like he's trying to go beyond the typical "look how sexy I am" style roles that he got saddled with.

I've seen several people say he has "the look." I think he looks as much like Gambit as I look like the Queen of England. Can you expand a little more on this, since I'm genuinely curious what similarities people see?

Besides the hair, how does he not have the look? Channing isn't overly beefy. I'd say if you load up his picture next to drawings of Gambit ... they share the same kind of build.

Honestly, I don't get the hate for this casting beyond the "lol, **** channing tatum!".

Is he the best actor in the world? God no. But he's gotten progressively better. And besides that, he's actually from NO, so we know he can do the accent justice. And he has the look.

I think this is one of those "wait and see" casting announcements. I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt, because the guy genuinely comes off like he's trying to go beyond the typical "look how sexy I am" style roles that he got saddled with.

I've seen several people say he has "the look." I think he looks as much like Gambit as I look like the Queen of England. Can you expand a little more on this, since I'm genuinely curious what similarities people see?

And I thought he was from Alabama.

My bad. He was born in Alabama, but grew up on the Bayou in a rural community. And he has personal and family ties to NO.

Direct quote from Tatum:

"I would like to play Gambit. Gambit's my favourite. I'm from New Orleans, around that area. My dad's from New Orleans, and I like to do a Cajun accent. I could do it for real," Tatum explained.


He has the look. He can do the accent. And he's gotten progressively better as an actor despite what people who don't watch his movies think. It's difficult for me to write him off because his early work was total ****, since he's actively getting better.

Honestly, I don't get the hate for this casting beyond the "lol, **** channing tatum!".

Is he the best actor in the world? God no. But he's gotten progressively better. And besides that, he's actually from NO, so we know he can do the accent justice. And he has the look.

I think this is one of those "wait and see" casting announcements. I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt, because the guy genuinely comes off like he's trying to go beyond the typical "look how sexy I am" style roles that he got saddled with.

I've seen several people say he has "the look." I think he looks as much like Gambit as I look like the Queen of England. Can you expand a little more on this, since I'm genuinely curious what similarities people see?

Besides the hair, how does he not have the look? Channing isn't overly beefy. I'd say if you load up his picture next to drawings of Gambit ... they share the same kind of build.

Channing is much beefier than Gambit is-- while the muscles on Gambit are hyperdefined, in action he's lean and fast. His face is long and lean-- not heavy-jawed. Gambit's features are more angular-- he's foxlike. Tatum's features are squared, heavier, blockier. There's nothing wrong with that, and I don't think movie characters need to look just like the source material, but it becomes unconvincing if he has a look that wouldn't be convincing as a thief that depends on stealth, speed and cunning. The only similarities I see is that they're both in good shape? Beyond that, it's all a big question mark to me why people think they look alike.

Am I the only one not disappointed by this? He's just so good to look at, and I think he'd make a good Gambit.

Megan Fox is good to look at, but I bet a bunch of women would be pissed if she was in the cast of 50 shades of gray...or a Jane Austen film.

TRUTH! Although I was worried about Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman, but after doing a little research I think she may be the only person in the new Supes movie that doesn't suck...besides Supes himself.

she's a horrible cast for Wonder Woman- I'm insanely disappointed- I don't care what amazing actress she might be- she still isn't the fit for that role- it was a horrid decision.

Totally agree. The fact of the matter is she is a terrible actress. They could have cast someone who looks good AND can act!

Honestly, I don't get the hate for this casting beyond the "lol, **** channing tatum!".

Is he the best actor in the world? God no. But he's gotten progressively better. And besides that, he's actually from NO, so we know he can do the accent justice. And he has the look.

I think this is one of those "wait and see" casting announcements. I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt, because the guy genuinely comes off like he's trying to go beyond the typical "look how sexy I am" style roles that he got saddled with.

I've seen several people say he has "the look." I think he looks as much like Gambit as I look like the Queen of England. Can you expand a little more on this, since I'm genuinely curious what similarities people see?

Besides the hair, how does he not have the look? Channing isn't overly beefy. I'd say if you load up his picture next to drawings of Gambit ... they share the same kind of build.

Channing is much beefier than Gambit is-- while the muscles on Gambit are hyperdefined, in action he's lean and fast. His face is long and lean-- not heavy-jawed. Gambit's features are more angular-- he's foxlike. Tatum's features are squared, heavier, blockier. There's nothing wrong with that, and I don't think movie characters need to look just like the source material, but it becomes unconvincing if he has a look that wouldn't be convincing as a thief that depends on stealth, speed and cunning. The only similarities I see is that they're both in good shape? Beyond that, it's all a big question mark to me why people think they look alike.

I still lament that Hugh Jackman is 6'2" and cast as Wolverine, because, being a shorty myself, one of the things about Wolverine I identified with was his runtiness.

Honestly, I don't get the hate for this casting beyond the "lol, **** channing tatum!".

Is he the best actor in the world? God no. But he's gotten progressively better. And besides that, he's actually from NO, so we know he can do the accent justice. And he has the look.

I think this is one of those "wait and see" casting announcements. I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt, because the guy genuinely comes off like he's trying to go beyond the typical "look how sexy I am" style roles that he got saddled with.

I agree with this.

I remember people panning Heath Ledger as the Joker, and Michael Keaton as Batman, Tobey McGuire as Spider-man and Anne Hathaway as Catwoman and so on and so on.

Those turned out okay.

As A HUGE Gambit fan, I'll try to articulate the displeasure...

From the very first X-Men movie, Gambit was teased as a character, but it never came to fruition. We saw some great casting decisions (Patrick Stewart, Alan Cumming) and some terribad casting decisions (Halle Berry), and we saw three movies pass with no Gambit. Which, really, is just as well-- did I really want the same people who turned the Phoenix storyline into a bad case of PMS casting Gambit? Not really.

But when they finally did it, they did a pretty meh job of it. They went primarily for look, got lazy with the writing, and overall, just did a pretty lackluster job giving him a debut. So I huddled back down and decided that if they couldn't do it right, I'd prefer they just not do it.

So now, they seem to have no particular plan for the character, and are snatching up an actor who has apparently begged for the role-- an actor who hasn't been a shining star in terms of acting talent, and whose roles have all gone along one particular line. Is it plausible he might do a decent job? Sure. But I find it hard to have hope for that, particularly because I straight-up dislike this dude. He's utterly unappealing to me, and while being unappealing, also manages to be completely overexposed because (I admit) tons of people seem to go nuts for him for some reason.

The last part of my hefty sigh is probably a little bit of nerd snobbery. If the people I know who love him are any indication (coworkers, former classmates), they would go just to squeal over Channing Tatum and the character loses any sense of the actual character and just becomes a vehicle for Channing Tatum. And if they pull out gratuitous shirtlessness, I'll probably be forced to heave my $12 popcorn at the screen.