Léa Seydoux; Channing Tatum.Photo: getty (2)
Léa Seydouxmay have wanted a Gambit movie just as much as the most hardcoreX-Menfans.
In a new interview withIndieWire, the 36-year-old French actress reveals she thought “the script was really good” forGambit, the previously plannedX-Menspinoff film that was set to starChanning Tatumas the titular card-wielding Cajun superhero, also known as Remy LeBeau.
“It had some funny bits in it, but they wanted to make more of a comedy,” said Seydoux, who was cast as Gambit’s love interest Belladonna Boudreaux in the movie, according to the outlet.
“I feel that in America people have more imagination,” theBlue Is the Warmest Colouractress added, speaking about the project feeling like a departure from others in her filmography.
“I have been offered films very very far from what I’ve done and I’m like, ‘Oh. Interesting.’ I love to feel that I can adapt myself. For me, that’s very exotic,” Seydoux said.
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In a cover story forVarietyearlier this year, Tatum, 41, opened up about being devastated after theGambitmovie he developed for 20th Century Fox with producer Reid Carolin fell apart.
The two spent four years working on a raunchy standalone film based on the popular X-Men superhero. Tatum and Carolin had planned to co-direct.
“Thestudio really didn’t want us to directit,” said the actor. “They wanted anybody but us, essentially, because we had never directed anything.”
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The character “was just the coolest person,” Tatum continued: “He could pull anything off. Most superheroes, their outfits are utilitarian. Batman’s got his belt. Gambit’s like, ‘No, this (outfit’s) just fly, bro! This s— walked down the Paris runway last year.’ "
“OnceGambitwent away, I was so traumatized,” said Tatum.
He continued, “I shut off my Marvel machine. I haven’t been able to see any of the movies. I loved that character. It was just too sad. It was like losing a friend because I was so ready to play him.”
source: people.com
