Channing Tatum has met with producer about 'Gambit' X-Men movie

Channing Tatum, the recipient of the Trailblazer award at the MTV Movie Awards on Sunday, has starred in romance, comedy, action and stripper movies. But he could soon find himself in a new genre: the superhero film.

Tatum's name has been rumored for a solo Gambit movie based on the card-throwing X-Men mutant. Now, the actor has revealed to MTV that he has actually met with a producer about the project:

"I met with Lauren Shuler Donner. And I would love it. Gambit is really the only X-Man I've ever loved. I mean I've loved them all, they're all great, but I guess from being down south - my dad's from Louisiana, I'm from Mississippi, Alabama, Florida - I don't know. I just related to him. He's just kind of suave... He's the most un X-Men X-Man that's ever been in X-Men. Other than maybe Wolverine, who's like the anti-hero. He's a thief. He's not even a hero. He's kind of walking the line of grey...He loves women and drinking and smoking and stuff so he's just a cool guy who happens to have a moral center....I hope it [comes together]. You never know it's a weird industry. If the stars align, I would die to play it. I'm already working on the accent. It's crappy at the moment."

Donner has produced all of the X-Men movies and has spoken in the past about her interest in doing a Gambit movie with the 22 Jump Street actor.

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