{"id":114875,"date":"2025-09-02T18:54:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T18:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/114875\/"},"modified":"2025-09-02T18:54:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T18:54:12","slug":"gambit-actor-channing-tatum-reveals-big-fight-with-robert-downey-jr-s-doctor-doom-in-avengers-doomsday-says-im-not-gonna-go-full-cajun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/114875\/","title":{"rendered":"Gambit Actor Channing Tatum Reveals ‘Big Fight’ With Robert Downey Jr.’s Doctor Doom in Avengers: Doomsday, Says ‘I\u2019m Not Gonna Go Full Cajun’"},"content":{"rendered":"

With filming for Avengers: Doomsday<\/a> in full swing, we\u2019re learning more and more about what kind of movie Marvel fans can expect to see next year. Whether it\u2019s via leaked set photos<\/a> or off-hand comments from one of the film\u2019s many stars<\/a>, we\u2019re building an ever clearer picture of Doomsday. Now, it\u2019s time to add Gambit star Channing Tatum to the list.<\/p>\n

Tatum is set to reprise his role as Gambit after his hugely popular cameo as the card-carrying X-Men superhero. Now, speaking about his time shooting Doomsday in an interview with Variety<\/a>, Tatum has shed new light on his involvement.<\/p>\n

The first thing to note is Tatum revealed he was forced to skip what he described as a \u201cbig fight\u201d with Robert Downey Jr.\u2019s Doctor Doom due to injury, leaving his double to take the action and stepping in only for close-ups. This teases an X-Men vs Doctor Doom fight at some point in the movie, which most fans had expected anyway based on leaked set photos. The question is, does Gambit survive this fight? Do any of the mutants confirmed to appear in the movie?<\/p>\n

The second thing worth noting is that we\u2019ll see a toned down version of Tatum\u2019s Gambit in Avengers: Doomsday, compared to the version we saw in Deadpool & Wolverine. This, Tatum said, means that comedy accent will be a little clearer, and the comedy won\u2019t match Deadpool\u2019s tone.<\/p>\n

Deadpool & Wolverine: Easter Eggs, Cameos and References\"Here<\/p>\n

As Tatum said, executives \u201creally had to wrap their mind around the accent and how people are going to understand him.\u201d In response, Tatum said: \u201cI\u2019m not gonna go full Cajun.\u201d Co-directors Anthony and Joe Russo \u201cwant things to be funny, but they don\u2019t want to go full Deadpool. They want to keep the drama and keep it tight. When Gambit gets serious \u2014 when he drops the Mardi Gras mask \u2014 things do matter.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tatum also summed up Gambit as he sees him as a character: \u201cHe likes women, he smokes, he drinks. He\u2019s not just a save-the-world kind of guy \u2014 we need those, but we need contrast.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fans will have to wait and see exactly how it will all play out, however, with Avengers: Doomsday currently set to launch in theaters on December 18, 2026.<\/p>\n

Wesley is Director, News at IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at wesley_yinpoole@ign.com or confidentially at wyp100@proton.me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With filming for Avengers: Doomsday in full swing, we\u2019re learning more and more about what kind of movie…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":114876,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[49,48,361,75],"class_list":{"0":"post-114875","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-celebrities","11":"tag-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114875"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114875\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/114876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}