[This story contains spoilers for Deadpool & Wolverine.]
Gambit lives!
Ryan Reynolds confirmed in a Deadpool & Wolverine deleted scene posted to his social media that Channing Tatum‘s Gambit survives the fight in the void alongside Jennifer Garner’s Elektra, Wesley Snipes’ Blade and Dafne Keen’s Laura/X-23.
When the end credits rolled, it was uncertain if any of the characters who came togerther to defeat Cassandra Nova’s (Emma Corrin) Henchmen survived the battle. But, at the very least, Tatum’s now-iconic and heavily memed take on Gambit made it out alive.
While the video doesn’t reveal much, it sees the character from behind, walking in the middle of a few henchmen on the floor, before he turns around as the video pans up to his face, and he grins.
There may not be any other Gambit projects in works at the moment, but the fact that he makes it out of Deadpool 3 alive means he could return for a standalone film in the future or appear in another Marvel Cinematic Universe film.
Tatum had been set to portray the Cajun mutant in a standalone film that was canceled after Disney acquired 21st Century Fox.
In an Instagram post from the weekend Deadpool & Wolverine hit theaters, the Blink Twice star praised Reynolds for allowing him to bring Gambit to life when he thought he had lost him forever.
“[Reynolds] fought for me and Gambit. I will owe him probably forever. Cause I’m not sure how I could ever do something that would be equal to what this has meant to me,” Tatum wrote. “I love ya buddy. Shawn Levy as well. Truly such a brilliant creator on every single level. All things happen for a reason. I’m so grateful to be in this movie. It’s a masterpiece in my opinion. And just pure bad ass joy. I was literally screaming in the theater. LFG!!”
A week later, Reynolds continued the lovefest, singing Tatum’s praises for his portrayal of the superhero in the record-breaking, box office hit.
“Gambit is a guy Chan was born to play,” the Free Guy star wrote. “His story is similar to mine in that he spent a decade trying to put the most comic-accurate version of Gambit on the big screen. Remy LeBeau is grafted to his soul and needs to come out and deal. And Gambit found his author in Chan. He’s one of the coolest, smartest characters in Comics and still largely unexplored. I want more — and from what I saw in theaters, you do too. Having the chance to say goodbye to some of these heroes is as important as having new characters to root for… and rooting for Gambit is easy. Rooting for Chan is even easier. He’s one of the greatest, hardest working, kindest people in this entire industry.”