BY MICHAEL GOODPASTER
(FOUR) JOCK KID
Tatum grew up in Mississippi and was really into sports. He played football, track, soccer, and even martial arts. He practiced wuzuquan kung fu and was pretty serious about it. He would continue sports throughout school, eventually earning him a football scholarship at Glenville State College. He wouldn’t last at the school too long and would take his life in a different direction.
(THREE) STRIPPER
When he went back home from school he started working odd jobs. The oddest? A stripper! He was a stripper at a local night club using the name “Chan Crawford”. Tatum is looking to take this life experience and turn it into a movie somewhere down the line. He eventually found himself in Miami, where his career would shift in a different, more clothed direction.
(TWO) FUNNY
I know it’s easy to think that this jocky-action movie guy wouldn’t have a real sense of humor, but he can be funny in the right spots. I first noticed this when watching The Dilemma, but he’s shown his comedy side in talk show spots and was very good on SNL in early 2012. 21 Jump Street is just coming out and I’m sure it’ll be at least decent.
(ONE) NEW ACTION KING?
Off the bat he got into a lot of action movies. He did stuff like Supercross, Step Up, Step Up 2, Fighting, GI Joe, The Eagle, and Haywire. I know to most non-action loving folks these movies seem like action movie fluff, but it doesn’t mean he didn’t do well. A lot of big name people have some weak shit at the start of their career but work into a really solid spot of roles. I’m not like a super fan or anything. I’m going to go out of my way to watch a Channing Tatum movie on that merit alone anytime soon, but I think the dude is right at that point.
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