Channing Tatum is one of the biggest US movie stars today. In 2009, his star just shot up. Until then, he had made a name for himself primarily with sports, combat and dance films. Today you can see him on TV in the sequel to the sci-fi action GI Joe: GI Joe The Reckoning.
The blockbuster series seemed like the logical next step for Tatum in his rise to superstardom. In fact, the star had no desire at all to film the cult toy.
With reluctant Channing Tatum: GI Joe: The Reckoning
GI Joe 2 – Trailer 2 (German) HD
Zartan (Arnold Vosloo) of the Cobra Commando has successfully assumed the form of the American President (Jonathan Pryce) through the use of Nanomite technology and thus successfully infiltrated the government. As the first official act, he declares the GI Joes enemies of the state and war on them.
Thus, Captain Duke (Channing Tatum), his men and veteran GI Joes, Roadblock (Dwayne Johnson), despite their numerous merits, find themselves preyed upon by Zartan’s forces among allies Storm Shadow (Byung-hun Lee) and Firefly (Ray Stevenson). ). However, in their fight for the future of humanity, Duke and Roadblock receive unexpected help from the legend himself, General Joseph “Joe” Colton (Bruce Willis).
Channing Tatum never wanted to be in the GIJoe movies
GI Joe: Secret Mission Cobra was a solid hit, grossing nearly $300 million. Unfortunately for Channing Tatum, because that secured the sequel GI Joe: The Reckoning. And the Magic Mike star would rather have left the franchise yesterday than today, he recalled during the promo period for Magic Mike – The Last Dance.
I have this first sequel rejected seven times. But they had an option for me, so I had to do the film.
Tatum says he begged to be killed in the first 10 minutes of the sequel. The wish became — spoiler — granted. Dwayne Johnson filled the lead man’s void.
It’s no longer a secret that Tatum found GI Joe work about as much fun as 12-year-olds did housekeeping. In 2015 he says in an interview:
I’m honest: I fucking hate this movie. I hate this movie. I was pushed to do the film.
After the sports film Coach Carter (2005), he signed a 3-film deal. “They give you the contract and […] as a young actor you’re like, ‘Oh my god, that sounds great, I’ll do that!’ Time goes by and you get other jobs, shape your voice and have a dream job.”
In other words: Channing Tatum had become a star in the meantime and really didn’t need the GI Joe films anymore.
And then the studio calls and says, ‘Hey, we have a film for you, we’ll send it to you.’ And they send it and it’s GI Joe. When is GI Joe 2 on TV?
But don’t let that spoil your fun with GI Joe. The series has certainly accumulated its raison d’être and a small following. Lead actor Channing Tatum is just not part of it. You can see the listless Channing Tatum in GI Joe 2 on Friday at 8:15 p.m. on RTLZWEI see. It will be repeated the next day at 1:50 p.m.
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