After stripping off on stage for his upcoming film, actor Channing Tatum is ready to start producing pottery. The actor, who will play the movie’s title character again in “Magic Mike’s Last Dance,” is eager to take on the role of the late Patrick Swayze in a remake of “Ghost.”
During an interview with Vanity Fair, the 42-year-old hottie revealed that he is creating a remake of the 1990 love movie.
In the interview, which was recorded during a pottery class, Channing Tatum added, “Now I know why they included this in ‘Ghost,'” according to aceshowbiz.com.
“This whole procedure is extremely, very sexual,” he said.
During the conversation, Channing Tatum disclosed that his production firm Free Association, formerly 33&Out, presently has the rights to the film “Ghost.” We actually have the rights, he declared. We do indeed own the rights to “Ghost.”
Giving details about his concept for the future project, he said that it will be a contemporary retelling of the original movie, with him maybe playing the male protagonist. He revealed, “But we’re going to do something different,” noting that, like many films of the time, the original had some “problematic clichés.” “I think it has to shift a little bit,” he continued.
Prior to the Walt Disney Company’s acquisition of 21st Century Fox, Channing Tatum discussed the status of the “X-Men” Gambit movie during the same interview. “I simply think that the tone of the movie we intended to do was very distant from what they wanted to do – or, you know, maybe they’re waiting to see how they do it with us or without us,” he remarked. “It was swept up by Disney by means of Marvel when they purchased Fox.
The “Step Up” actor said he would still occasionally call Disney, but he is ready to accept if the idea is shelved or carried through without him.
Tatum has spoken openly about his ambition to play Gambit and feature in “Ghost,” but he had certain grudges towards the “G.I. Joe” movie series. He said that he was originally apprehensive about appearing in “G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra,” and that he later requested that his character be killed off in the follow-up, “G.I. Joe: Retaliation” (2013).
Channing Tatum remarked of his roles in both movies, “The first one I passed on seven times, but they had an option on me and I had to do a movie.” Therefore, I clearly just didn’t want to participate in the second one either.
