Channing Tatum has become openly about navigating the film business.
When it recently appeared in “Hot Ones,” the “Roofman” star feels that in the current state of the industry, the actors are “incentivized” to appear in subproductions for money, rather than making a big swing on something “really, really good.”
“I think it’s a pipeline of very confusing possibilities right now when you’re asked to do a movie or when you’re trying to make one,” Tatum says. “I feel like you’re being encouraged to do really good things, not really doing good things, for the shitty people who have actually become able to see these things, and for those who (I want to watch these movies, people I was a kid, not make something really good, but for those who were really good things.”
He added, “I added, ‘Man, I want to give money to a good movie.’ It’s an upside down moment, but I believe it will lead to something good.
Later in the episode, Tatum took some jabs in his past works. When asked about his 2010 romance “Dear John,” he called it “such a general” film. When talking about his role in 2024’s “Deadpool & Wolverine,” he said he didn’t feel like a “part” of the film as he only had “for two seconds.”
This is not the first time Tatum has spoken about Hollywood troubles. In his variety cover story, the “Magic Mike” star said the streamer caused serious confusion in the entertainment industry “for good and evil.”
“Streamers came in and they’ve cultivated the industry a bit. Good and bad. The studio is confused. The streamers are confused,” he said. “You’re encouraging me to go and make sub-per movies. This is a programmer that’s not special.”
Check out Tatum’s entire “Hot Ones” episode below.
