{"id":188883,"date":"2025-10-04T05:33:03","date_gmt":"2025-10-04T05:33:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/188883\/"},"modified":"2025-10-04T05:33:03","modified_gmt":"2025-10-04T05:33:03","slug":"former-gambit-actor-confirms-if-hes-ever-returning-to-the-role-alongside-channing-tatum-in-the-mcu-exclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/188883\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Gambit Actor Confirms if He’s Ever Returning to the Role Alongside Channing Tatum in the MCU [Exclusive]"},"content":{"rendered":"

For years, Gambit had been the great \u201cwhat if\u201d<\/a> of the X-Men franchise. Originally lined up for a small role in X-Men: The Last Stand, the Cajun card-slinger was never a big-screen priority, despite Channing Tatum\u2019s name<\/a> circling the role for years. That false start was followed by an even stranger twist: Gambit was finally in play for X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)<\/a>, but when Tatum\u2019s schedule kept him tied to G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, the part went instead to Friday Night Lights alum Taylor Kitsch<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Kitsch\u2019s version of Remy LeBeau showed up for a brief stretch of the ill-fated Origins, but the performance never quite hit the spot with fans \u2014 and Gambit went dormant again. Tatum remained publicly attached to the character throughout the 2010s, even as Fox tried (and failed) to launch a standalone Gambit movie<\/a>. After years of development hell, Disney\u2019s acquisition of Fox put the final nail in the coffin. Last year, in one of Marvel\u2019s strangest full-circle moments, Tatum finally got his chance in Deadpool & Wolverine<\/a>, playing Gambit as one of many characters stranded in The Void. It\u2019s both a wink to his long campaign for the role and a nod to the character\u2019s oddball, stop-and-start cinematic history.<\/p>\n

With Gambit back in headlines, when speaking with Taylor Kitsch for the new season of The Terminal List\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b<\/a>, Collider\u2019s Therese Lacson<\/a> asked if he\u2019d ever been approached for a cameo in Deadpool & Wolverine, but the answer was a “negative.” When asked if he would consider returning to Gambit if the MCU ever did come calling, Kitsch didn\u2019t hesitate:<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think so, man. I love where I\u2019m at. Not that you can\u2019t have both, but serving these true stories, I don\u2019t know, I feel very fulfilled where I\u2019m at. I think that ship has sailed.\u201d<\/p>\n

When Will We See Gambit Again?<\/p>\n

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For fans, the divide between Kitsch and Tatum\u2019s Gambits feels almost symbolic. Kitsch\u2019s version was a casualty of Fox\u2019s messy Origins era, while Tatum\u2019s cameo was born out of Ryan Reynolds<\/a>\u2019 meta-humor playground. Neither version has given the character the breakout moment his fans believe he deserves.<\/p>\n

But while Tatum\u2019s dream finally came true, Kitsch has found satisfaction outside the superhero machine. Between The Terminal List: Dark Wolf<\/a> and American Primeval, he\u2019s carving a career in more grounded projects \u2014 the exact opposite of a New Orleans thief who can turn playing cards into explosives. For Gambit, his future in the MCU is still uncertain, though Tatum will reprise the role in Avengers: Doomsday next year. For Kitsch, it\u2019s already settled.<\/p>\n

The Terminal List: Dark Wolf is streaming now on Prime Video<\/a>. Stay tuned at Collider for Lacson’s full conversation with Kitsch!<\/p>\n

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Release Date<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAugust 27, 2025<\/p>\n

Network<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPrime Video<\/p>\n

Directors<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFred Toye, Liz Friedlander<\/p>\n

Writers<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMax Adams<\/p>\n

Franchise(s)<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Terminal List<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For years, Gambit had been the great \u201cwhat if\u201d of the X-Men franchise. Originally lined up for a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":188884,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[49,48,75,337],"class_list":["post-188883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment","tag-movies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188883","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=188883"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188883\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/188884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}