August 20, 2024 - The actor has long sought an opportunity to play the character, but the project failed to come together before 20th Century Fox's sale to Disney in 2019. All seemed lost until the new film, which finds Tatum stepping up as part of a wildly ...

July 25, 2024 - And I feel bad, because I really love Taylor Kitsch as an actor and what he did with the part, but you know, you've got the things that you would really love to do and see.” · Speaking at a press event for White House Down in September 2013 (via Slashfilm), Tatum expressed his desire to play Gambit on the big screen, noting that Remy LeBeau is his favorite character, and he would love to "do a Cajun accent:"

July 30, 2024 - Come 2009’s X-Men Origins: Wolverine and Gambit was finally locked into the story, but in a cruel twist of fate, Tatum was busy making G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, which meant Taylor Kitsch had to step into the role.

He auditioned for the role but was ultimately cut from the movie, the opportunity presented itself for him to “reprise” his role in ‘X-Men Origins: Wolverine’ in 2009 but he was unavailable and the role went to Taylor Kitsch instead.

July 25, 2024 - Gambit was then pitched for the ... he stepped away as director. Tatum was busy filming GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra around the time of X-Men Origins: Wolverine, meaning Taylor Kitsch took the role....

July 10, 2015 - The Daily Beast caught up with Kitsch and inevitably the X-Men franchise came up. As it turns out, Kitsch was never even approached about reprising the role of Gambit. Here's what he had to say: "Um…no, I didn’t have a go [at returning to ...

December 6, 2025 - Fox executive Jeff Katz was confident that the character would be well received, saying, "there is a level of strategy in how we grow these things, and what characters can transition between multiple films", indicating that the character could move on to his own standalone film as was the plan with Ryan Reynolds' Deadpool. However, Wolverine was not well received by critics, and Kitsch's performance did not make him the breakout hit that Fox executives had expected. In September 2013, Tatum expressed interest in taking over the role from Kitsch, saying, "Gambit's my favorite. 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. No knock on Taylor Kitsch, though, 'cause I actually like his Gambit, but I've always lived around Cajun people ...

July 26, 2024 - As such, Friday Night Lights star Taylor Kitsch stepped into the role, and signed a deal to play the character in three solo movies—except, because Origins: Wolverine was, uh, quite poor, none of Kitsch's Gambit movies ever materialized.

July 25, 2024 - Unfortunately, Gambit was cut from the script; and when the character was going to be introduced again in X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Tatum was unavailable due to other commitments.

November 1, 2022 - It’s a shame though cause I really thought Taylor was a perfect Gambit. He really looks like Gambit in the comic. ... Yeah, he had that pretty boy charm with an edge of rugged on Friday Night Lights. It's a shame the writing of whatever Wolverine movie it was didn't capitalise on that. ... After what Deadpool 2 did to X-Force I think it would be naive to get excited about anyone appearing in a Deadpool movie.

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July 26, 2024 - So instead, the part went to Taylor Kitsch. That was probably for the best, however, at least for Tatum. X-Men Origins was an infamous flop, which put an end to any plans for a Gambit spinoff (although it clearly wasn’t enough to put a stop to Ryan Reynolds’ Deadpool, who infamously appears in the film with his mouth sewn shut for...

January 6, 2025 - Regardless, the only time Gambit was ever on screen was when Taylor Kitsch played him in X-Men Origins: Wolverine. So what’s the deal?

August 1, 2024 - Tatum didn't fit for me in the role at all!!! That is my biggest let down in the movie as Kitsch would have made it so GREAT with Snipes & Gardner so I am for sure disappointed in his character not making a cameo.

November 8, 2024 - Never. Kitsch had like 4 accents for Gambit in that awful movie. There’s a multitude of reasons they don’t acknowledge the film outside of the one scene where Deadpool shot the barakapool character in the head.

July 26, 2024 - Although Taylor Kitsch also played Gambit in X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009), the character was put on hold until Channing Tatum showed interest in bringing him to the big screen.

August 19, 2025 - But, the studio clearly had its eye on Tatum for years, and producer Lauren Shuler Donner was reportedly the one to cast him, largely based on his public enthusiasm for the character.

August 7, 2024 - Among the dozens of cameos in Deadpool & Wolverine, Channing Tatum’s appearance as Gambit is the weirdest one, partly because it’s from an actor who didn’t play the character before. Yes, Taylor Kitsch played Gambit in X-Men Origins: Wolverine but the character wasn’t received very well.

July 26, 2024 - So when it came time to seriously consider a solo Gambit movie, Fox went back to their first choice for the role, the guy they wanted before Kitsch. ... Like Taylor Kitsch, dancer turned actor Channing Tatum was on a lot of leading man shortlists ...