Warning: SPOILERS for X-Men ’97 and Deadpool & Wolverine are ahead! If you’re an X-Men fan and somehow predicted that at the start of 2024 that this would be Gambit’s year to shine, then congratulations, you’re a soothsayer. First, the Disney+ subscription -exclusive series X-Men ’97 gave Remy LeBeau some great moments in the first half of Season 1, and his death in “Remember It” was one of the most talked-about moments in this opening batch of episodes, if not at the top of the list. Then late last month, Deadpool & Wolverine opened on the 2024 release schedule , and Channing Tatum ’s Gambit was one of the big Deadpool 3 cameos .
Emi Yonemura, who directed “Remember It,” has now shared with CinemaBlend both their notes on Tatum’s Gambit costume, as well as what won them over to the actor’s performance. Our own Sean O’Connell spoke with Emi Yonemura, with their conversation coming almost three months after I spoke with Yonemura and fellow X-Men ’97 director Chase Conley after the Season 1 finale about topics like figuring out how to show Wolverine’s adamantium being ripped from his skeleton and how they wish the “Lifedeath” storyline could have been longer . Now that Deadpool & Wolverine is out, Sean asked Yonemura what they thought of Tatum’s portrayal of Gambit, and they answered: I loved it.
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