In 2024, 5 years after Disney scrapped Channing Tatum’s Gambit film following its acquisition of twentieth Century Fox, the Magic Mike alum lastly acquired his second to shine as Marvel’s Ragin’ Cajun. Tatum’s Gambit was among the many heroes whom Ryan Reynolds’ Wade Wilson and Hugh Jackman’s Logan teamed up with in Deadpool & Wolverine, which will be streamed with a Disney+ subscription. Gambit shortly grew to become a favourite amongst MCU followers, notably for his line supply in a Cajun accent. A type of strains was so hilarious that it triggered Reynolds to consistently break character, and truthfully, I’d have too.
To offer some context first, Deadpool and Wolverine met Gambit in The Void alongside Wesley Snipes’ Blade, Jennifer Garner’s Elektra and Daphne Eager’s X-23, all of whom have been allies with the late Human Torch performed by Chris Evans. The group mentioned tips on how to block Cassandra Nova’s powers, and Elektra introduced up that placing Juggernaut’s helmet on her would do the trick, which was an issue since he’s one among her minions. This led to Gambit to say the next, and I’m spelling it the identical phonetic manner Reynolds did when he shared this scene on his Instagram Tales:
Yeah, we dunn be knowin’ dat lid ain’ coming’ off with out dat dome be comin’ offwiddit.
Ryan Reynolds captioned within the clip that he “couldn’t preserve a straight face when @channingtatum says this line.. not as soon as.” Can anybody studying this say they wouldn’t have cracked up not less than as soon as in the event that they have been in Reynolds’ sneakers? You? I don’t imagine you. It’s simply so good, though not less than Reynolds was masked throughout that scene, so nobody may see that he was breaking character throughout these takes.
What makes this second even higher is when Deadpool requested Gambit if the Minions have been his dialect coach, as he felt “vital exposition” was being missed. Whereas it’s fairly apparent that Channing Tatum’s Cajun accent was performed up for comedic impact, the actor beforehand opened up in regards to the origins of the accent stemming from rising up in Mississippi and his dad being from New Orleans. He additionally later stated that didn’t assume the Minions joke was a “truthful criticism” of his accent. I believe it’s secure to say that had the Gambit film moved ahead, Tatum’s accent wouldn’t have sounded so excessive.
Though Gambit’s destiny was left unclear within the last lower of Deadpool & Wolverine, a bonus scene was launched a month after the film got here out displaying Gambit smirking as a portal opened up in entrance of him within the ruins of Cassandra Nova’s headquarters. This implied that Gambit was rescued from The Void and certain dropped off someplace within the Marvel multiverse. Certain sufficient, it was introduced final month that Tatum will reprise the function in Avengers: Doomsday.
It stays to be seen how huge Gambit’s function can be within the upcoming Marvel film, however we’ll see Channing Tatum’s character again in motion on Could 1, 2026. In the meantime, we will be part of Ryan Reynolds in nonetheless having a chuckle over Gambit’s memorable strains in Deadpool & Wolverine.