Channing Tatum turned down 'G.I. Joe' role 7 times because he hated it, and asked to die in the sequel



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While Channing Tatum is known for his roles successful the likes of "Magic Mike" and "21 Jump Street," helium additionally starred successful the archetypal "G.I. Joe" films aboriginal connected successful his assemblage arsenic pb worker Duke.

However, the histrion firstly did not privation to pb the movie from Paramount Pictures, and surpassed astatine the ngo "seven times" earlier sooner oregon aboriginal sing on. 

Tatum precocious took a prevarication detector cheque each done an interrogation with Vanity Fair erstwhile helium touched connected his sentiment of the 2 "G.I. Joe" films that helium appeared in, explaining that helium lone agreed to superstar wrong the franchise owed to the information helium was nevertheless beneath a woody helium had with the studio.

The prima said: "The archetypal 1 I handed connected 7 instances, but they had an enactment connected maine and I had to bash the movie."

Fans mightiness recollect that wrong the 2013 sequel, "G.I. Joe: Retaliation," Duke is killed disconnected wrong the archetypal 10 minutes of the movie erstwhile villain Zartan (Arnold Vosloo) masquerades arsenic the US president and calls an airstrike connected the leader and his squad successful Korea. 

In the interview, Tatum showed that helium requested to beryllium killed disconnected due to the fact that helium failed to privation to beryllium successful the franchise anymore. He stated: "So, the 2nd one, I glaringly conscionable failed to request to beryllium successful that 1 both."

When requested if helium regretted asking to beryllium killed off, Tatum stored it elemental and said, "No." 

This isn't the superior clip the histrion has discussed his "G.I. Joe" exit, arsenic helium antecedently appeared connected "The Howard Stern Show" successful 2015 and said, "Look, I'll beryllium sincere. I fucking hatred that movie. I hatred that film."

Tatum besides defined that helium cherished the franchise arsenic a kid and asked to play Snake Eyes, nevertheless turned into advised helium could not. 

"'Can I play Snake Eyes?' And they are like, 'No, you're nary longer gambling Snake Eyes, you are playing G.I. Joe.' The publication wasn't immoderate desirable. And I did not privation to bash immoderate happening that I turned into partial to connected relationship that I changed into a kid and watched each greeting processing up," helium recalled.

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