Gambit

As much as I like Channing Tatum in certain films, I agree with this. His depiction of Gambit may work as a cameo in a Deadpool film but carrying a solo Gambit film is an entirely different matter. Among other things, I just don't see him having the versatility to pull it off. Given enough time and direction, Taylor Kitsch would have killed it as the Ragin' Cajun. More on reddit.com

I don't know if this is controversial or not, but I always thought Kitsch was a much better fit for Gambit than Channing Tatum. I just think that Kitsch has more charisma and swag, he's more suave,  and from what I've seen, is a better actor than Tatum. I mean.... look at him, Kitsch is the most Gambit looking dude I've ever seen. It's genuinely frustrating knowing that Fox had some great actors, who resembled their comic book counterparts, but they were wasted or written poorly. James Marsden as Cyclops, Kelsey Grammer as Beast, Taylor Kitsch as Gambit, Caleb Landry Jones as Banshee, Olivia Munn as Psylocke, Ben Foster as Angel, hell even Liev Schreiber as Sabertooth. All great castings in my opinion, but most, if not all, of them were just wasted. More on reddit.com

Taylor Kitsch‘s Version could have gone far if they had actually cared enough for the character back then. He was one of the better parts of that movie IMO, it’s sad that Gambit like a lot of other mutants never made it into the main X-Men movies considering his popularity. Channing Tatum‘s Gambit worked because it was clearly a parody of the character who specifically existed in the realms of a Deadpool movie. If this was actually a serious adaptation of the X-Men I would have hated it. More on reddit.com

Maybe an unpopular opinion, but I thought Taylor Kitsch was better casting and a better actor than Channing Tatum. However, that movie was terrible and so no one came out of it looking good. More on reddit.com