Channing Tatum confirmed that he’ll be playing the iconic Cajun comic book character Gambit in the 20th Century Fox movie. Gambit is an X-Men mutant who “possesses the powers of controlling kinetic and potential energy through touch.” He can charge things up and then make them explode. Gambit is described as “a formidable martial artist who also has the ability to charm people, hence his womanizing ways.”
Tatum told Screenrant he’s been busy working on Gambit’s Cajun accent. “He has almost a Jedi mind trick thing that I want to try put in where he speaks patois and so I’m going to have to learn patois which is going to be hard. But, we’ll see.”