Until Ryan Reynolds helped make Tatum's screen debut as Gambit a reality, it was a part that dodged the "Magic Mike" star for years.

Channing Tatum’s axed Gambit movie was a “screwball romantic comedy,” Lizzy Caplan recently revealed to Business Insider. Variety reported in November 2017 that Caplan had boarded Tatum’s long-in-the-works passion project as the female lead,

Gambit's potential solo film with Channing Tatum got scrapped after Disney acquired Fox. Channing Tatum's humorous Gambit portrayal received positive feedback, leading to interest seeing him get the role in future projects.

Lizzy Caplan is finally sharing the original plans for the scrapped Gambit movie starring Channing Tatum as the titular hero. The Latest Tech News, Delivered to Your Inbox

Lizzy Caplan is opening up about that Gambit movie that never was, and her honest thoughts on it getting scrapped. The project — which was reportedly to star Caplan and Channing Tatum and be a standalone film based on the X-Men character,

Channing Tatum attempted for years to get a movie made where he’d portray the card-throwing X-Men character Gambit, but ultimately the dream died when Disney purchased Fox in 2019. As Disney took over ownership of the X-Men universe,

One of the attached stars of 20th Century Fox's scrapped Gambit movie reveals the unique idea behind the Channing Tatum-led X-Men spinoff.