DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE Star Channing Tatum Shares REAL Reason Why We Can't Understand Gambit In Some Scenes

DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE Star Channing Tatum Shares REAL Reason Why We Can't Understand Gambit In Some Scenes

Deadpool & Wolverine star Channing Tatum has addressed Gambit's often hard-to-understand accent in the Marvel Studios threequel, and shares the real reason why it's thicker in some scenes than others.

By JoshWilding - Aug 23, 2024 09:08 AM EST
Filed Under: Deadpool & Wolverine

While Channing Tatum's MCU debut as Gambit was, to some extent, played for laughs in Deadpool & Wolverine, it was also a dream come true for the actor. 

He was first attached to a Gambit movie back in 2014 and the project went through multiple scripts and directors before the plug was pulled as a result of the Disney/Fox merger. The Multiverse gave Tatum a second chance, though, and he embraced that with a comic-accurate take on the X-Man.

From his hair to the costume he wore and, crucially, that Cajun accent, Tatum gave it his all to do right by Gambit on screen. 

As noted, that made him the butt of the joke in some scenes, with Deadpool at one point asking, "Who's your dialect coach? The Minions?" Asked whether he thinks Gambit's hard-to-decipher accent being a target in the movie was "fair criticism," Tatum responded, "'Fair' is an interesting word in that question. No, I don't think that's fair." 

"That was [Ryan]. There was very little improv. But the Cajun dialect is a very particular one," the actor continued. "I grew up in Mississippi and my dad is from New Orleans. So it's one of those things that I grew up around it, but I've never done it."

"There are certain little isms that are very Cajun-y, but we actually intended it to be somewhat unintelligible. That was sort of the joke," Tatum added. "[Ryan would] come up to be and say, 'I don't want to know anything that you're saying on this [take], so I just dialled it all the way up. And then other ones he's like, 'All right, I've got to understand what you're saying now.'"

Elsewhere in the interview, the Deadpool & Wolverine star was asked if he somehow managed to take Gambit's comic-accurate costume home with him. "I was too scared to ask," he admits. "And usually, I steal the very last outfit that I'm in, in every movie, and I was too scared to do it on this one."

The threequel's post-credits scene strongly hinted that Gambit is alive and potentially still in The Void. Needless to say, we'd imagine Tatum will suit up again in Avengers: Doomsday or Avengers: Secret Wars.

You can hear more from Tatum on Deadpool & Wolverine in the player below.

Shawn Levy directs Deadpool & Wolverine, which stars Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman, Emma Corrin, Morena Baccarin, Rob Delaney, Leslie Uggams, Karan Soni, Matthew Macfadyen, and Dafne Keen. The movie is written by Ryan Reynolds & Rhett Reese & Paul Wernick & Zeb Wells & Shawn Levy.

Kevin Feige, Reynolds, Levy and Lauren Shuler Donner produce with Louis D’Esposito, Wendy Jacobson, Mary McLaglen, Josh McLaglen, Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick, George Dewey, Simon Kinberg and Jonathon Komack Martin serving as executive producers.

Deadpool & Wolverine is now playing in theaters.

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TheNewYorker
TheNewYorker - 8/23/2024, 9:13 AM
We already know why.
SummersEssex
SummersEssex - 8/23/2024, 9:27 AM
@TheNewYorker - Right?
JayLemle
JayLemle - 8/23/2024, 10:41 AM
@TheNewYorker - I'm clueless as to why. Can you elaborate?
MuadDib
MuadDib - 8/23/2024, 1:54 PM
@JayLemle - Bad actor, terrible fake accent
newhire13
newhire13 - 8/23/2024, 4:57 PM
@MuadDib - Or you guys don’t understand the concept of humor (which wouldn’t surprise me)
HammerLegFoot
HammerLegFoot - 8/23/2024, 9:15 AM
I hope they have him in Secret Wars, maybe even Doomsday.
HammerLegFoot
HammerLegFoot - 8/23/2024, 9:16 AM
I remember when they first annouced him as Gambit back in the day and I was like freak no. But I loved his screen time.
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 8/23/2024, 9:19 AM
Man , this is some asinine criticism if it’s really happening..

It’s obviously a bit exaggerated for comedic effect in the film (who’s your dialect coach ,The Minions) but as a fan of the character , he himself still had the charm & swagger with badass moments that I appreciated.

Tatum did well imo and I’m glad he got to finally play the character after so long!!.

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RedFury
RedFury - 8/23/2024, 12:36 PM
@TheVisionary25 - asinine is the perfect word for that criticism hahaha. If people didn't get that him being unintelligible was a joke, than there's not much hope for those folks. You can only spoon feed the audience so much lol.
dragon316
dragon316 - 8/23/2024, 9:24 AM
Costume made him look fat in some parts
Amaru
Amaru - 8/23/2024, 9:32 AM
@dragon316 - I like how the only time you make sense is when you are criticizing someone.
KennKathleen
KennKathleen - 8/23/2024, 9:37 AM
@Amaru - 🙄🤔😐...🎯 😆
Vigor
Vigor - 8/23/2024, 9:41 AM
@dragon316 - in the face
Vigor
Vigor - 8/23/2024, 9:42 AM
@Amaru - lol
BraveNewClunge
BraveNewClunge - 8/23/2024, 10:13 AM
@Amaru - lmfao!
Matchesz
Matchesz - 8/23/2024, 9:35 AM
Without the red and black eyes it looked like cosplay sadly. Whats weird is in the concept art he has them. just like how movie sabretooth didnt have sharp teeth but the behind the scenes pics he has em.. I would think if they onscreen for such a small amount of time they could have afforded the cgi or contact lenses
KennKathleen
KennKathleen - 8/23/2024, 9:38 AM
@Matchesz - that would've been a nice touch.
FrankenDad
FrankenDad - 8/23/2024, 9:40 AM
How did the post credits imply he’s still about? Did they show him on a TVA monitor in the background?
BobGarlen
BobGarlen - 8/23/2024, 9:43 AM
@FrankenDad - Yeah. It's one of those things you'll have to wait for home video so you can enhance in the background, but you can see him walking on one of the TVA monitors in the post cred.
FrankenDad
FrankenDad - 8/23/2024, 9:44 AM
@BobGarlen - Nice, thanks! Actually seeing it for a second time tonight so I will keep a lookout on those monitors.
BobGarlen
BobGarlen - 8/23/2024, 9:44 AM
@FrankenDad - I haven't even seen it yet. I've just been bombarded with spoilers from twitter and that happened to be one pointed out to me.
Nolanite
Nolanite - 8/23/2024, 4:37 PM
@BobGarlen - obviously I haven't watched it either and glad that I haven't. Sounds like a shit movie
Nolanite out
abd00bie
abd00bie - 8/23/2024, 9:54 AM
I can't believe they didn't give him the red/black eyes.. it's such a big detail with mininal effort
MercwithMouth
MercwithMouth - 8/23/2024, 10:07 AM
I loved the accent, sounded just like Cajun Dan, a guy I follow on TikTok, but you can tell watching that he's trying to mumble a bit. The parts that really sold it were the phrases, like the use of "up in here". Dialog is almost more important than the sound with Cajun.
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 8/23/2024, 10:11 AM
@MercwithMouth - yeah

It wasn’t too far off from what I have heard of the Cajun accent.
JayLemle
JayLemle - 8/23/2024, 10:46 AM
I need the subtitles on when I watch gator-huntin' shows. I'm not Cajun, nor know much about anything "Cajun." However, I thought it was a nice touch adding in the unintelligible lines though. Just like some of the dudes in the gator shows.
S8R8M
S8R8M - 8/23/2024, 11:41 AM
Cajun. I thought it was Jamaican 🤣
JustAWaffle
JustAWaffle - 8/23/2024, 12:35 PM
“But the Cajun dialect is a very particular one“ ?si=a4dWdiFzUUh78IqE
Jackraow21
Jackraow21 - 8/23/2024, 12:36 PM
More Gambit. Play him more seriously in Doomsday and/or Secret Wars, and give him the black and red eyes. :)
McMurdo
McMurdo - 8/23/2024, 12:48 PM
Felt like a Gambit caricature.
WeaponXCII
WeaponXCII - 8/23/2024, 3:49 PM
I didn't think that his accent was too heavy. I'm sure that some Cajun people actually talk that way. I can't find it right now, but there's a video somewhere on the internet showing some sort of southern accent or dialect that's pretty unintelligible, from what I remember. If that was real, and it was, I don't see why this was any less believable.

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