Channing Tatum is out promoting his upcoming directorial effort, “Roofman,” and has revealed the difference between Gambit performances from “Deadpool & Wolverine” to the Russo Brothers‘ “Avengers: Doomsday.”
Without giving specifics, Tatum told Variety the big MCU event film will be less slapstick, and audiences will see a more serious version of his “X-Men” character Remy LeBeau/Gambit compared to the mostly comedic moments in “Deadpool & Wolverine.”
“I’m not gonna go full Cajun,” Tatum told Variety in a recent in-depth interview as the directors (the Russo Brothers) “want things to be funny, but they don’t want to go full ‘Deadpool.” They want to keep the drama and keep it tight. When Gambit gets serious, when he drops the Mardi Gras mask, things do matter.”
In the comics, Gambit is a charming but cocky womanizer and ends up having a will-they-won’t-they relationship with friend and cohort, Rogue, who hasn’t exactly had an authentic iteration of the heroine in previous films from Bryan Singer and Fox (her main power set was linked to stealing Captain Marvel/Carol Danvers’ ability to fly and super-strength, placing the cosmic heroine into a coma in the process).
Previously, Nightcrawler actor Alan Cumming has teased that the mutants might end up in conflict with members from “The Fantastic Four,” highlighting a fight scene with Pedro Pascal‘s Reed Richards. So, we’re not entirely sure if these versions of mutants are going to walk away from “Doomsday” as we’re expecting a body count, and killing off Foxverse actors (James Marsden, Cumming, etc) wouldn’t be all that surprising.
We’re still waiting to find out what Ryan Reynolds‘ cryptic post with the defaced Avengers logo/flag (reference to a similar one seen in “Deadpool & Wolverine”) and if he’ll end up showing up as Wade Wilson in these next two Multiverse movies, or is trying to tease something else entirely.
What happens with Gambit and other mutant characters showing up in “Avengers: Doomsday” when it comes to the “X-Men” reboot from Jake Schreier remains to be seen, but the project has been habitually referred to as a “reboot” with “young talent” being touted for the casting process. Perhaps, we’re simply getting another round of legacy Marvel actor send-offs like we saw with Jennifer Garner‘s Elektra and Wesley Snipes‘ Blade?
“Roofman” hits theaters on October 10, and I’m sure we’ll hear more from Tatum about Gambit in the coming weeks.
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