Channing Tatum wird also der neue Gambit werden und somit Taylor Kitsch ablösen, mit dem nicht alle zufrieden waren in "X-Men Origins: Wolverine". Donners Meinung zur ganzen Sache:
"Well you know he's a rogue, Channing. He's a rascal, just like Remy LeBeau, and he can handle the action, we all know that. He's got a really good heart, because I know him personally, I did a movie with him. So I think he'll be great, he'll be great for Gambit, and he's a southerner too, he's not from New Orleans but he is a southerner and he understands that world, and you know Gambit loves New Orleans."
Ob wir Tatum nun gleich im nächsten Film "X-Men: Apocalypse" oder später, eventuell in "X-Force" sehen werden, dazu machte Donner keine Angaben.