When Channing Tatum returns as Gambit in “Avengers: Doomsday,” he will be a “fully-rounded character” and not just a supporting player used for non-stop laughs and cool action scenes. That was mostly Gambit’s purpose during his Marvel Cinematic Universe debut in 2024’s “Deadpool & Wolverine.” Fans have been wondering ever since Tatum was confirmed for “Doomsday” how the MCU would navigate the tone of Gambit moving forward.
\n\n“He’s a standout,” Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige told Empire magazine about Tatum’s Gambit in the upcoming “Doomsday” movie. “It’s fun to see Gambit be as charismatic as he was in ‘Deadpool & Wolverine,’ and yet in ‘Doomsday’ it’s not all for laughs. He’s a fully-rounded character.”
\n\nTatum previously revealed in a Variety cover story last year that Gambit would be softening his thick Cajun accent in “Avengers: Doomsday.” The actor spent years trying and failing to get a standalone Gambit movie made under 20th Century Fox. A running joke in “Deadpool and Wolverine” is that nobody can understand the superhero’s thick Cajun accent. Ryan Reynolds’ Deadpool quips at one point: “Who’s your dialect coach? The Minions?”
\n\n“I’m not gonna go full Cajun,” Tatum said at the time. “[Directors Anthony and Joe Russo]…
Original source: https://variety.com/