This article features spoilers for Deadpool and Wolverine as well as the first season of X-Men '97...
you have been warned! "They call me, The Gambit!" X-Men fans watching Deadpool and Wolverine will have yelped with joy at hearing these words. Of the many cameos in the multiverse action-comedy, the appearance of Channing Tatum as the card-slinging Cajun Remy LeBeau, a.k.
.a Gambit, was the biggest crowd-pleaser. It represents the end of a long journey for both character and actor.
Aside from a poorly received appearance in 2009’s X-Men Origins: Wolverin e (played by Taylor Kitsch), Gambit is arguably the biggest character in the Marvel Universe not to be substantially featured on film. Meanwhile for Tatum, there is some closure on a decade-plus journey with the character, having worked hard to play him in a movie that was announced in 2014 but derailed due to creative differences. In 2022 Tatum described himself as "traumatized" by the experience, telling Variety : "I haven’t been able to see any of the [Marvel] movies.
I loved that character. It was just too sad." Two years later, his dream has been partially realized, but why stop there? With the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) looking for fresh blood, what better candidate for his own movie than the charismatic hero? New beginnings You might think a one-off appearance in someone else’s film is a thin argument for a whole movie, but the character has had far more impact in the wider Marvel ecosystem.
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