--- description: The 22 Jump Street star will take over the role previously occupied by Taylor Kitsch title: Channing Tatum Confirmed as X-Men's Gambit image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8aeb80b58956b402/69868f15cd684884e9094a0b/channing-tatum-gambit-casting-cropped.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Channing Tatum Confirmed as _X-Men_'s Gambit by [Eric Dodds](/author/eric-dodds/) ## Eric Dodds Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 13, 2014 3:46 PM CUT  Tatum poses with the Trailblazer Award during the 2014 MTV Movie Awards. Tatum poses with the Trailblazer Award during the 2014 MTV Movie Awards.Jason Merritt—Getty Images for MTV by [Eric Dodds](/author/eric-dodds/) ## Eric Dodds Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 13, 2014 3:46 PM CUT Rumors that Channing Tatum would take over the role of Gambit [were confirmed on Monday night](http://www.totalfilm.com/news/lauren-shuler-donner-confirms-channing-tatum-gambit-casting "undefined") when an _X-Men: Days of Future Past_ producer revealed that the _Magic Mike_ actor had been cast as the popular mutant. “He’s a rascal, just like Remy LeBeau, and he can handle the action — we all know that,” Lauren Shuler Donner said at the _Days of Future Past_ premiere in London. “He’s not from New Orleans, but he is a Southerner and he understands that world.” Tatum had expressed interest in the role last month, saying, “Gambit’s really the only X-Men I’ve ever loved.” Gambit was previously played by _Friday Night Lights_ actor Taylor Kitsch in _X-Men Origins: Wolverine_, but Kitsch’s star has faded somewhat in the last two years, thanks to poor showings at the box office by _John Carter_ and _Battleship_. \[[Total Film](http://www.totalfilm.com/news/lauren-shuler-donner-confirms-channing-tatum-gambit-casting "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/97589/channing-tatum-cast-gambit-x-men/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/97589/channing-tatum-cast-gambit-x-men/"},"headline":"Channing Tatum Confirmed as X-Men's Gambit","datePublished":"2014-05-13T15:46:49.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T07:48:20.964Z","description":"The 22 Jump Street star will take over the role previously held by Taylor Kitsch","url":"https://time.com/97589/channing-tatum-cast-gambit-x-men/","keywords":["movies","Channing Tatum","X-Men"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8aeb80b58956b402/69868f15cd684884e9094a0b/channing-tatum-gambit-casting-cropped.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eric Dodds","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/eric-dodds/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8aeb80b58956b402/69868f15cd684884e9094a0b/channing-tatum-gambit-casting-cropped.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"2014 MTV Movie Awards - Press Room","caption":"2014 MTV Movie Awards - Press Room","creditText":"Jason Merritt—Getty Images for MTV","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/97589/channing-tatum-cast-gambit-x-men/","name":"Channing Tatum Confirmed as X-Men's Gambit"}}]}] ```