Speaking with Variety, actor Channing Tatum gave a bit more insight into the tone of his cancelled Gambit film, which never reached production under 20th Century Fox before being acquired by Disney.
“Look…if we’d made our Fox version, that script would’ve never gotten made — ever. It was an R-rated romantic comedy. And when I say R-rated, I mean we went for it,” he said during press rounds for Roofman. “We made Gambit the kind of character who could only exist in a movie with Deadpool. We had mutants having sex! It was wild — full-on.
“That’s something Marvel and Disney would never do,” continued. “You don’t always know what Disney will be, but you definitely know what it’s not going to be. It’s not gonna be horror. It’s not gonna be sex. But I think Marvel needs that kind of tonal diversity; something to balance the other side. Gambit’s a great opportunity for that. There’s so much you can do with him, and he’s slowly being built into the Marvel psyche. It’s fascinating, and I think one day they’ll figure it out.”
After appearing as Gambit in Marvel Studios’ Deadpool & Wolverine, Tatum is set to return for Avengers: Doomsday. From there, who knows. Tatum offers this: “If the fans really want it, I think there’s a world where Gambit could finally get his due.”
Source: Variety
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