Channing Tatum on ‘G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra': ‘I F—ing Hate That Movie’ (Audio)
Channing Tatum didn’t pull any punches when discussing his starring role in “G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra,” saying, “I f—ing hate that movie.”
The “Magic Mike XXL” star told Howard Stern on Tuesday, “I was pushed into doing that movie … they give you the contract and they say, ‘Three-picture deal, here you go.’ And as a young — you’re thinking, ‘Oh my god, that sounds amazing. I’m doing that!'”
But Tatum said he was reluctant to take the part after he found success with other films. “The script wasn’t any good … I watched it every morning, like, growing up,” Tatum said, “and I didn’t want to do something that I thought was 1. bad, and 2. I didn’t know if I wanted to be G.I. Joe.”
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Tatum did say, however, that he was “super lucky and blessed to have been given that film.” He also touched on his role in the planned male-centric reboot of “Ghostbusters” currently in the works at Sony.
“That thing’s gotten messy,” he said. “I gotta be honest, there’s a lot of people doing a lot of things on ‘Ghostbusters.'”
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The actor also said he thinks the film may be on hold, as production has already begun on Paul Feig‘s female-centered “Ghostbusters” reboot. “I think we’re in a bit of a gestation period. I mean, that’s a beloved movie by a lot of people, and then there’s a lot of people that never saw the movie.”
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