Regrets? Channing Tatum has a few.
Chief among them is agreeing to star in Paramount Pictures’ G.I. Joe: The Rise of the Cobra, directed by Stephen Sommers and written by Stuart Beattie, David Elliot and Paul Lovett. The action movie, which was released in 2009, grossed $302.4 million worldwide. “Look, I’ll be honest. I f–king hate that movie. I hate that movie! I was pushed into doing that movie, from Coach Carter,” Tatum said during an interview on Howard Stern’s Sirius XM Radio show Tuesday. Stern was surprised, as he thought the role was indicative of Tatum’s future in film. As Tatum recalled, the studio had “signed me to a three-picture deal.” As a young actor, he said, “You’re like, ‘Oh my God, that sounds amazing!’ I’m doing that!’ Options go from like $60,000 to like $80,000 to like $100,000. I’m like, ‘Oh my God, that’s so much money!’ And then the studio calls up and they’re like, ‘Hey, we got a movie for you. We’re going to send it to you.’ And it was right during the writers’ strike. And it’s G.I. Joe. I’m like, ‘Look, G.I. Joe? I love G.I. Joe. Can I play Snake Eyes?’ And they’re like, ‘No. You’re not playing Snake Eyes.'” The actor insisted that had no choice. “‘Hey, you’re doing this. You’re doing this or we’re going to sue you.'”
