In a twist of fate, Deadpool and Wolverine's Shawn Levy was once in talks to direct the canceled Gambit movie – years before Channing Tatum finally made his debut as the card-dealing X-Men member.

Channing Tatum hopes that he and Ryan Reynolds might be back on the big screen together in the future. On Tuesday, Nov. 12, the Blink Twice actor, 44, reposted an Instagram message from Reynolds, 48,

As Gambit said, he’s about to mak Channing Tatum’s appearance in Deadpool & Wolverine was one of the film’s biggest surprises, mostly because the actor had never played the character before. He’d tried though.