Channing Tatum Says Hollywood is "Confused" and Actors Are Sometimes "Incentivized to Make Bad Things to Get Paid"
Channing Tatum (21 Jump Street, Deadpool & Wolverine) recently sat down on Hot Ones with host Sean Evans to promote his upcoming film Roofman, and Tatum was asked to clarify his recent statement in which he said to feel that streamers have “effed up” and “confused” Hollywood and the moviemaking process.
The actor explained:
“I think, now, when you get asked to do a movie, or you’re trying to get a movie made, it’s a very confused pipeline of possibilities, and it really feels like, at times, that you’re incentivized to make bad things to get paid, rather than make something really, really good, for the f-cking people that actually get to see these things and people that I want to see these movies, the person that I was when I was a kid. And I want good movies.”
He continued:
“I’m like, ‘Man, I want to give my money to the good movies.’ It’s such an upside-down moment, but I do believe that the disruption is going to lead to something good. I do believe that. I do believe the streamers came in for a reason, and it had to change, it had to morph.”
In addition to Roofman, which is hitting theaters on October 10th, Tatum has a bunch of projects coming up, including: Kockroach also starring Zazie Beetz and Oscar Isaac, family-friendly comedy Dance Partners with Charlize Theron, an Amazon MGM Studios film about the Isle of Man Tourist Trophy Race that he is also producing alongside Brad Pitt, thriller-drama Josephine from Beth de Araújo with Gemma Chan, star-studded alien invasion comedy Alpha Gang and Warner Bros. action-comedy Calamity Hustle co-starring Ryan Reynolds.
Watch the full episode of Channing Tatum’s Hot Ones below: