Tatum to Appear as Gambit in Apocalypse, Star in Spinoff

I'm alright with this, like you I'll give him a chance. While I don't think he looks like Gambit and not lanky enough. His love of the character, his lobbying to play the character, his being enough of a star to make the powers that be take notice does wonders. I just hope there is no change in Gambit's looks afterwards. And I would guess Gambit would get another solo shot from these things.

I'm a little taken back by the over reaction to this news but what can you do.

The funny part is, Tatum seems to be as polarizing as the character he wants to portray.

While Alan Cummings was okay, I would like to see another guy cast as Nightcrawler. He was okay - did a fine job for the film that he was in.

Tatum wouldn't be my first choice, but as others have said, I'm willing to give him a chance. I'm just glad to see Gambit getting a solo film.

I hope they actually give him Black and Red Eyes this time. Also something has been bugging me with Fox actually I think they stated something like they didn't put Gambit in the original trilogy because of some bullshit reasoning that he was too similar to Wolverine (Forgot Wolverine was a flirt and had a sense of humour and wasn't depressed 75% of the time) so why make him more like Logan by not giving him a relationship with Rogue or you know not tying him into Stryker?

Whatevs Buddy Nightcrawler and Gambit film would totally win me over.

I wouldn't have chosen him for the role, just because LSD likes him, he's from the south, and he's been in a couple of moderately successful movies. I'd probably go with an actor who's personality is similar to the character... That's how I'd do it, that's how Marvel did it, and it seemed to work out pretty well for everyone else (okay, okay, I watched Iron Man last night, and had to add that last bit in.)

As strange as it sounds, I've always seen Keanu Reeves as Gambit. Maybe it's because of the Matrix trilogy, and those trench coats he wore. Plus, he's already kind of dark and brooding. It'd be perfect if they went with a Dark Knight style movie.