Channing Tatum has had an amazing career over the last few years, but he admits he is "traumatised" by his failure to land a certain Marvel role.
The 41-year-old hunky actor has taken Hollywood by storm with his roles on hit movies such as Foxcatcher, 21 Jump Street and Magic Mike XXL.
But one position which has left him reeling was missing out on appearing as X-Men character Gambit.
The star was reportedly set to feature in a film back in 2014 with the character reportedly set to have his own solo movie.
But the production never came to fruition and now Channing has claimed it left him "so traumatised" that he couldn't watch any other movies in the franchise.
Speaking to Variety, he revealed that he and his producing partner Reed Carolin were in the development stages for the movie for four years and had posed the question of him directing the film to Twentieth Century Studios.
He said: "The studio really didn’t want us to direct it. They wanted anybody but us, essentially, because we had never directed anything."
He went on to admit he'd have happily forgot about directing the film if it meant he could still play the role because he simply loved the script.
Unfortunately, following Disney merging with Fox in 2019, the movie was scrapped and Channing confessed he was "traumatised" at the failure to get it to the big screen.
He complained: "Once Gambit went away, I was so traumatised.
"I shut off my Marvel machine. I haven’t been able to see any of the movies. I loved that character. It was just too sad. It was like losing a friend because I was so ready to play him."
Channing admitted he was looking forward to portraying the character's "cool" factor, describing him as "flamboyant".
He continued: "He was just the coolest person. He could pull anything off. Most superheroes, their outfits are utilitarian.
"Batman’s got his belt. Gambit’s like, ‘No, this s***’s just fly, bro! This s*** walked down the Paris runway last year.’ He’s just wearing the stuff that’s so dope because he loves fashion."
However, the Hollywood star later admitted he hasn't completely closed the door on potentially playing the character in the future.
He revealed he would still "love" to play the role of Gambit but admitted he doesn't feel as though his team should direct it.
Reed agreed, saying: "I wish they would reconsider because it’s a pretty great project. Maybe someday."
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