Channing Tatum Says He Will Tone Down His Gambit Accent in AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY - "I'm Not Gonna Go Full Cajun"

Channing Tatum was finally able to make a dream of his come true in last year’s summer blockbuster, Deadpool & Wolverine, when he brought the comic book character Gambit to life. Tatum had been trying to make a feature adaptation of Remy LeBeau aka Gambit for years, and when he finally made it happen, it did not disappoint. He was a badass in the film, and his thick accent brought an element of comedy to each of his scenes. Tatum will be back as Gambit in the upcoming ensemble, Avengers: Doomsday, but he’s taking a milder approach to Gambit this time around.

In a recent interview with Variety, Tatum explained:

“I’m not gonna go full Cajun. [Directors Anthony and Joe Russo] want things to be funny, but they don’t want to go full ‘Deadpool.’ They want to keep the drama and keep it tight. When Gambit gets serious — when he drops the Mardi Gras mask — things do matter.”

Tatum previously told Access Hollywood that his Gambit accent in Deadpool and Wolverine was intentional, explaining:

“There was very little improv. The Cajun dialect is a very particular one. I grew up in Mississippi and my dad is from New Orleans. So it’s one of those things that I grew up around it, but I’ve never done it. There are certain little isms that are very Cajun-y, but we actually intended it to be somewhat unintelligible. That was sort of the joke. [Ryan would] come up to be and say, ‘I don’t want to know anything that you’re saying on this [take],’ so I just dialed it all the way up. And then other ones he’s like, ‘All right, I’ve got to understand what you’re saying now.’”

Gambit’s storyline in Avengers: Doomsday remains under wraps. But he’s clearly got fight scenes, as Tatum also revealed to Variety that he suffered an injury on set that has resulted in him taking pain medication and will require intensive physical therapy. He had to be sidelined from some action scenes due to the injury, instead sitting in for close-ups of his face while relying on his stunt double to do the heavy lifting.

“It’s not about the pain I feel in the moment. It’s knowing I can’t take this back. And now I know what the next six months of my life will be like.. I just hate getting old… In my mind, I’m literally still 30 years old — 26, if I’m honest.”

Avengers: Doomsday is set to be released on December 18, 2026.