Gambit Lives: “Deadpool & Wolverine” Deleted Scene Confirms Channing Tatum’s Remy LeBeau Survived
The Ragin’ Cajun lives on.
Deadpool himself, Ryan Reynolds, has confirmed that Channing Tatum’s card-slinging superhero Gambit survived the climactic clash at the end of Deadpool & Wolverine. Reynolds shared a deleted scene on social media, proving that Gambit made it through the battle at the film’s end that included a host of other long-ago discarded superheroes, including Jennifer Garner’s Elektra, Wesley Snipes’ Blade, and Dafne Keen’s Laura/X23.
Gambit, Elektra, Blade, and Laura joined Deadpool and Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) to face off against Cassandra Nova (Emma Corrin) in the Void, with Nova boasting her own army of mutants and superheroes from films past. It was a heroic choice on Gambit and the team’s part, as they were working to draw lethal attention to themselves and give Deadpool and Wolverine enough time to save their own timelines, essentially sacrificing themselves for a future none of them would see. Well, now we know Gambit made it, and the future is, if not bright, at least visible. Might Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige have plans to give Gambit some screen time in an upcoming MCU film? Tatum’s turn as Gambit was a major crowd-pleaser, and Tatum is beloved, so the stars finally seemed aligned for this to happen.
The deleted scene Reynolds shared shows Gambit walking through a bunch of slain henchmen as the camera pans up in time to catch him turning around and grinning. Brief, sure, but also undeniable proof Gambit made it. It’s well-known that Tatum tried to get a Gambit move off the ground for years, but the dream more or less died when Disney acquired 21st Century Fox in 2019. Or so we thought. The fact that Gambit survived the lunacy of Deadpool & Wolverine, and Tatum’s turn as the Louisiana-born mutant became so iconic, means we shouldn’t yet count out his appearance in an upcoming MCU film.
Check out Reynolds’ Instagram post here:
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Tatum was grateful to Reynolds for giving him the chance to finally play the character. In his own social media post on the weekend Deadpool & Wolverine burst into theaters, he shared his gratitude:
“[Reynolds] fought for me and Gambit. I will owe him probably forever. Cause I’m not sure how I could ever do something that would be equal to what this has meant to me,” Tatum wrote. “I love ya buddy. Shawn Levy as well. Truly such a brilliant creator on every single level. All things happen for a reason. I’m so grateful to be in this movie. It’s a masterpiece in my opinion. And just pure bad ass joy. I was literally screaming in the theater. LFG!!”
Reynolds has made it clear he’s rooting for Tatum to play Gambit a whole lot more. In a post on Twitter, Reynolds expressed how intriguing of a character Remy LeBeau/Gambit is, and how nobody on the planet could do Gambit justice better than Tatum:
Gambit is a guy Chan was born to play. His story is similar to mine in that he spent a decade trying to put the most comic-accurate version of Gambit on the big screen. Remy LeBeau is grafted to his soul and needs to come out and deal. And Gambit found his author in Chan. He’s… pic.twitter.com/9Hz7qbZ85S
— Ryan Reynolds (@VancityReynolds) August 5, 2024
Deadpool & Wolverine is in theaters now.
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Featured image: (L-R): Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool/Wade Wilson and Hugh Jackman as Wolverine/Logan in 20th Century Studios/Marvel Studios’ DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE. Photo by Jay Maidment. © 2024 20th Century Studios / © and ™ 2024 MARVEL.
