Ryan Reynolds Teases Channing Tatum’s Gambit In Deleted Scene
If you haven’t caught Deadpool & Wolverine yet, let me be the first to tell you: there’s no dodging spoilers now, so you might as well dive in. Marvel fans have something new to buzz about, thanks to Ryan Reynolds’ recent Instagram post. He shared a deleted scene that suggests Channing Tatum’s Gambit might have survived the intense battle in the Void. Not only does he survive, but he manages to escape the wasteland through an inter-dimensional portal, which is briefly reflected in Gambit’s eyes.
Reynolds captioned the post, referring to these portals as “Marvel spark circles,” a term Deadpool uses in the film. These portals allow Marvel characters to traverse the multiverse, and it seems that Tatum’s Gambit has found one that might lead him back to his home universe or perhaps somewhere else in the vast Marvel multiverse.
Watch the deleted scene here.
Tatum has been open about his desire to bring Gambit into the MCU, even pitching the idea to Kevin Feige. While Feige liked the pitch, he’s still uncertain how it would fit into the broader MCU. Although nothing is confirmed, this scene is the closest hint yet that Gambit might join the MCU.
Tatum’s appearance in Deadpool & Wolverine was a major surprise, alongside Jennifer Garner’s Elektra, Wesley Snipes’ Blade, and Chris Evans’ Johnny Storm. After years of trying to bring Gambit to the big screen, Tatum finally saw a part of his dream realized. When the film broke box office records, Tatum expressed his gratitude to Reynolds writing “I thought I had lost Gambit forever. But [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. I love ya buddy…I’m so grateful to be in this movie.”
Tatum also recently addressed Gambit’s thick Cajun accent, which became a bit of a running joke in the movie, with Deadpool asking, “Who’s your dialect coach? The Minions?” Tatum explained to Vanity Fair that the accent was deliberately exaggerated.
“There was very little improv. The Cajun dialect is a very particular one,” he said in a separate interview with Access Hollywood. “I grew up in Mississippi and my dad is from New Orleans. So it’s one of those things that I grew up around, 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.”
