“It was a really cool idea.
It’s kind of odd that it got scrapped,” she said in a new interview.
“It was a really cool idea,” Caplan said.
Lizzy Caplan and Channing Tatum as Gambit.Credit:Theo Wargo/Getty; Disney/Marvel
“It’s kind of odd that it got scrapped.
Those movies don’t seem to ever get scrapped, but it did.”
The Gambit film was ultimately axed when Disney and Fox merged in 2019.
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“We got down the road, we were gonna shoot it,” Caplan recalled.
“I think there was a start date.
She’s not harboring any ill will over the process, though.
Channing Tatum at ‘Blink Twice’ photocall in London in 2024.Dave Benett/WireImage
“Let’s just say that was, like, so many years ago,” she said.
That’s when they were dominating in every possible way. "
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For Caplan, it was probably all for the best in the end.
“I had a lot of stress about doing that kind of movie even then,” she admitted.
“So now I’m pretty okay not doing one of those movies.
I can hear my manager screaming in the other room.”
“I shut off my Marvel machine,” he said at the time.
“I havent been able to see any of the movies.
I loved that character.
It was just too sad.
It was like losing a friend because I was so ready to play him.
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“I thought I had lost Gambit forever.
I love ya buddy.
He continued, “[Levy] as well.
Truly such a brilliant creator on every single level.
All things happen for a reason.
Im so grateful to be in this movie.
Its a masterpiece in my opinion.
And just pure bad ass joy.
I was literally screaming in the theater.
