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Megan Garside

Deadpool and Wolverine star Channing Tatum says turning down Guillermo Del Toro's Beauty and the Beast was "one of the biggest mistakes of my career"

Channing Tatum as Slater King in Blink Twice.

Despite finally getting to live out his dream a decade later and play Gambit in Marvel's Deadpool and Wolverine, it looks like Channing Tatum still has some career regrets, and turning down a Guillermo del Toro project is definitely one of them.

"One of the biggest mistakes of my career: Guillermo del Toro wanted to do Beauty and the Beast, his version of the Beast," said Tatum in an interview with Vanity Fair. "It was the biggest mistake, because I'm the biggest Guillermo fan ever. And I think Guillermo doing Beauty and the Beast would've been the sickest movie ever."

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