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Channing Tatum confirmed as Gambit in future 'X-Men' films

"X-Men: Days of Futures Past" will be in theaters May 23.

By Aileen Graef
Actor Channing Tatum, who won the Trailblazer Award, appears backstage at the MTV Movie Awards at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles, California on April 13, 2014. UPI/Jim Ruymen
Actor Channing Tatum, who won the Trailblazer Award, appears backstage at the MTV Movie Awards at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles, California on April 13, 2014. UPI/Jim Ruymen | License Photo

LOS ANGELES, May 13 (UPI) -- Channing Tatum has been confirmed to play the role of Gambit in future X-men flims.

The producer of the films, Lauren Shuler Donner, recently revealed that Tatum would be her ideal choice to play the role of the comic book character in a solo film.

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"It is Channing," said Donner. "He's a rogue, he's a rascal, just like Remy LeBeau. He can handle the action, as we know, and he's got a real good heart, I know him personally."

Donner is not the only one excited. Tatum recently expressed his enthusiasm about the role to MTV.

"I met with Lauren Shuler Donner. And I would love it. Gambit is really the only X-Man I've ever loved," Tatum told MTV. "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."

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